Re: Virus - Autostart 9805

[rcain3@mindspring.com (The Silicon Knight)]

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!