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- From: Paul Copsey <paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New virus?
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 23:13:09 BST
- Organization: Hector's House
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- Howard Walton (Howarda@cris.com) wrote:
- > Has anyone heard or dealt with a virus that replaces your icons? I
- > downloaded WebMaker from Aminet and believe that program was infected. I
- > now have WebMaker icons replacing all other system icons.
- >
- > I used Xtruder v2.3 and Virus_Checker v8.04 to check my system--no virus
- > detected. When I list directories on the shell, the "infected icons" do
- > not show the .info.
-
- If it's all icons, then it is a little wierd, but if it's files which
- don't usually have icons (stuff in the c dir, viewed with show all
- files/View by icon) then it may just be that a WebMaker icon has got
- put in your envarc:sys drawer, and is coming up as a default
-
- Paul
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