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- From: csmith@blackplague.gmu.edu (Blackplague)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Is this a virus???
- Message-ID: <csmith-270892183000@cyrano.gmu.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 22:30:03 GMT
- References: <9223 <92240.120751ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> <1992Aug27.153535.29700@src.honeywell.com> <BtnIp2.6LI@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
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- In article <BtnIp2.6LI@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike
- Smithwick) wrote:
- >
- > []
- >
- > Well, I may have come across my first Mac virus,
- > but I can't find it listed anywhere.
- >
- > Being a developer I very rarely buy SW or get disks from anyone so I never
- > bothered to get a virus sniffer. But last week I bought
- > Expert Astronomer (only the 4rth commercial product I've bought) and
- > after using it about 30 minutes I hear a whistling sound and suddenly my
- > keyboard ceased working. When I would try to type in something I would
- > get a cutsie ping sound. I quickly backed up my source code and RUSHED out
- > Too get a copy of SAM but it couldn't find anything wrong. Since then I
- > haven't had any problems. I updated SAM so it is current.
- >
- > So does this thing sound familiar?
- >
- > I am running a Mac IIci with Sys 7.
-
-
- Hmm...Sounds like Easy Access to me. You may have somehow turned it on,
- and there may have been a conflict with it and the program (Expert
- Astronomer) you were using.
-
- Blackplague
-