Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!pyrnj!esquire!baumgart From: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Virus? "Smilies Document" Message-ID: <1828@esquire.UUCP> Date: 5 Mar 90 18:13:02 GMT References: Sender: news@esquire.UUCP Reply-To: baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) Organization: Davis Polk & Wardwell Lines: 19 In-reply-to: hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) In article , hairston@henry (David Hairston) writes: >this is probably not a virus. get a copy of "disinfectant 1.6" to check >for possible known virus infections. however, in your case the culprit >is most likely a file that had its "bundle bit" improperly set. that >file would most likely have been called "smilies". if that file is no >longer on your disk then rebuilding the desktop should solve your problem. Another interesting thing along this line. I wondered why the new Dataframe Manager software had Darth Vader for an icon, until I realized that the creator type is the same as Broderbund's Star Wars (and I put Star Wars on my disk first)... So much for registering creator IDs with Apple, huh? -- Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." baumgart@esquire.dpw.com | cmcl2!esquire!baumgart | - David Letterman