Re: Virus - Autostart 9805

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

The Silicon Knight wrote:
> 
> In article <MPG.fcf2cf97c12e1fa989692@news.mindspring.com>,
> rcain3@mindspring.com says...
> > In article <6k3cm3$qfu$1@hermes.is.co.za>, corrigan@icon.co.za says...
> > > Has anybody come across a virus with the above name?
> > > If so, where can we find out something about it? Seems to be Apple specific.
> > > Thanks for any info.
> > >
> > It's a Mac virus, Info World had an article about it this week. You have
> > to be running QuickTime and some other software.  Sorry, but I tossed the
> > article.  TSK.
> I remember now, it is the first G3 specific virus.  It doesn't affect
> 68000 Macs, and it requires Mac OS 8x.  It's transported via HFS & HFS+.
> It creates itself on all writeable volumes, and it doesn't attach itself
> to executeable files.  So it's not really a virus, more like a
> parasite!  But it is supposed to be very destructive!
And we have nothing at all to fear from it! :)
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