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- From: johnwl@kean.ucs.mun.ca
- Subject: File copy bombs - a new VIRUS ??
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.172825.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:58:25 GMT
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- I have been having a VERY frustrating time during file copies in the last
- few days and wonder if there is a new strain of a desktop-linked virus at
- our site.
-
- My machine: IIcx 8/80 with System 7.01 (tuned), INITS include Quickeys
- 2.1.2 Directory Assistant II, Behierarchic, AfterDark
- Disinfectant 2.9 INIT and AppSwitcher.
-
- The scenario is this:
-
- I erase a floppy disc - its desktop reads 1K in use, 779 free. I then try
- to copy a simply 50K PICT file from my hard drive to the floppy. One of two
- things then happens;
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- (A) file takes about THREE minutes to copy and once there the
- file is the correct 50K and the desktop is a whopping 92K (!!)
-
- -OR-
-
- (B) the Finder bombs with an error 41 forcing a complete restart.
-
- This happens with a variety of files. I have tried Disinfectant
- then a couple of words that say Translation, then a few patterns of A's and
- *'s. Nothing that looks predictable or virus-like to my .
- What could be doing this ? Could it simply be a hardware problem ? (this
- has also begun happening on a friend's Mac Plus so I doubt it !) OR, is
- there a NEW virus out there ? I am going nuts trying to figure this out !!
-
- thanks for ANY help ! Jack
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- /_ /| /_ /| Jack Lawson |Internet:johnwl@kean.ucs.mun.ca
- | | | | | | Psychology Department |
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