Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: POPOVICH@UCF1VM.BITNET (Peter Edward Popovich) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Printer Related Virus? (Mac) Message-ID: <0005.9003051143.AA06715@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 2 Mar 90 08:45:08 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 23 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I have now seen at least 3 notices regarding what people originally thought was WDEF. ALL noted problems while printing. ALL noted that the virus was NOT detected by virus-detecting programs that are fully capable of detecting WDEF. I am left with one real thought: a new virus? I know nothing about Macintoshes. Our local power-users are infinitely more familiar than I. However, it occurs to me that a resourceful person could possibly create a PDEF virus (Assuming there is a PDEF to infect.) Could a TECHNICALLY-ORIENTED PROGRAMMER please check for me to see if PDEF exists? If so, I suggest the probability that someone has converted the WDEF idea into a PDEF. Either way, could the people who reported the virus infections PLEASE call one of the authors of the utilities they checked their computers with? They can't write a checker for a virus they don't have. (Then again, it's possible that the posters just didn't use the virus- checkers correctly.) Disclaimers apply, as always/No offense intended/Please read all replies to this message that have been sent before replying. Peter E. Popovich