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and replace it with a copy from original locked Apple release disks.
should not be used. You should immediately delete the damaged System file
a special error message, telling you that the resulting file is damaged and
does not replace the Apple versions. In this situation, Disinfectant issues
Disinfectant repairs the file, it deletes the Scores viral resources, but it
of these resources with the Scores viral versions of the resources. When
Scores. When Scores infects the System file, it replaces AppleΓÇÖs versions
began using some resources with the same type and ID as those used by
release 6.0.4 and later releases of System 6. In System 6.0.4, Apple
There is a serious conflict between Scores and AppleΓÇÖs System Software
unexplained behavior.
also several errors in Scores which could cause system crashes or other
have reported problems printing and using MacDraw and Excel. There are
disk space, however, and this can cause problems all by itself. People
itself and attack the two specific applications. It does occupy memory and
Scores does not intentionally try to do any damage other than to spread
immune to infection.
also become infected. For technical reasons, some applications are
minutes after you begin the application. The Finder and DA Handler usually
each application you run. The infection occurs between two and three
Two days after your system becomes infected, Scores begins to spread to
Scores gets its name from the invisible ΓÇ£ScoresΓÇ¥ file that it creates.
system files.
Scores does not infect or modify document files, only applications and
the end of its name.
System folder. Also, ScoresΓÇÖ Desktop file has an extra space character at
outside the System folder, while ScoresΓÇÖ Desktop file lives inside the
each other. The FinderΓÇÖs Desktop file lives at the root level on your disk,
file with the FinderΓÇÖs invisible Desktop file; they have nothing to do with
or some other utility program. Do not confuse ScoresΓÇÖ invisible Desktop
and ΓÇ£Desktop ΓÇ¥. You cannot see invisible files without the aid of ResEdit
also creates two invisible files in your System folder named ΓÇ£ScoresΓÇ¥
Scores infects your System, Note Pad, and Scrapbook system files. It
normal icons.
Disinfectant to make certain your system is not infected, even if you have
Pad and Scrapbook icons. Consequently, we recommend running
It is possible to be partially infected by Scores and still have normal Note
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
by Scores.
paper with turned-down corners, your software may have been infected
Macintoshes under System 6. If they look instead like blank sheets of
They should have distinctive icons under System 7, or look like little
System folder and check the icons for the Note Pad and Scrapbook files.
There is an easy way to see if you have a Scores infection. Open your
ΓÇ£San Jose FluΓÇ¥ virus.
Scores is also sometimes known as the ΓÇ£Eric,ΓÇ¥ ΓÇ£Vult,ΓÇ¥ ΓÇ£NASA,ΓÇ¥ and
discovered in the Spring of 1988.
applications was ever released to the general public. Scores was first
development at his former company. Fortunately, neither of the two
programmer. It specifically attacks two applications which were under
According to news reports, the Scores virus was written by a disgruntled
xThe Scores Virus
The following sections describe all of the known Mac viruses.
åThe Viruses
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