Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:23715 comp.sys.mac.programmer:3441 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!well!brecher From: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: nVIR virus found in "Kill Virus" Message-ID: <7852@well.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 88 21:52:17 GMT References:<223@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> <579@uva.UUCP> Reply-To: brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher) Organization: Software Supply, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 14 In article <579@uva.UUCP>, borton@uva.UUCP (Chris Borton) writes: > The virus checks for the existence of the resource 'nVIR 10' in the System > file, and if it's there then it doesn't infect anything. Actually, nVIR checks for nVIR 10 by calling GetResource. Therefore, Suitcase II users can gain the inhibition effect by creating a file containing an nVIR 10 resource and keeping the file open with Suitcase II. I am the author of Suitcase II. -- brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)