Thanks Jacqueline,
I have now installed the innoculation and understand what it does.
Regards
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacqueline Landman Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: Xmas Vaccine
> Monte Goulding wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry I'm unfarmilliar with this virus (thankfully) but how does
this
> > script commented out or not stop a virus?
> >
> > Regards from a not cheeky but quite confused Monte
>
> You can find a full explanation of why this works, as well as other
> Hypercard-related virus inoculations, at the HyperActive Software Virus
> Compendium <http://www.hyperactivesw.com/Virus1.html>. Scott Raney and I
> had a discussion some time ago about whether scripted viruses could
> infect MC stacks, and I felt it was probably just a matter of time
> before it happened. The same inoculations that work for HyperCard stacks
> should work just fine for MC stacks. You will want to put the strings
> into your Home stack script.
>
> Since Bill Swagerty and I manage the Vaccine stack for HyperCard, it
> seems that we should also take on the task of producing a similar
> utility for MetaCard. However, I don't have time right now to do the
> conversion, and Bill doesn't use or own MetaCard. Since he owns the
> copyright for the stack, I can't just give anyone else permission to
> alter it. I need to get in touch with him and see what he wants to do.
>
> In the meantime, those who are infected can clear out the infection
> manually and then use the inoculations. They should keep your MC
> environment safe. By the way, blocking the "idle" message is not the
> only inoculation you need; you need to block other system messages as
> well. This is all listed on the HyperActive Software Virus Compendium
> site at the URL above.
>
> To manually remove the virus:
>
> 1. Delete the virus code in the stack script of your home stack. Insert
> the inoculation scripts. Save your home stack. This will prevent Home
> from becoming reinfected while you work on other stacks.
>
> 2. Open each stack and delete the virus code from the stack script. If
> you can open the stack remotely with messages locked, you will further
> safeguard your environment from infection attempts, since merryxmas
> tries to trigger when various system messages are sent.
>
> There are some very nasty versions of merryxmas that attempt to delete
> files (fortunately, these seem to be rare and haven't spread
> extensively.) Use the inoculation scripts, and read up on the other HC
> viruses that may eventually migrate to MC.
>
> The Virus Compendium also lists a very handy "set" trap that works well
> in HyperCard to guard your Home stack against any script-based virus
> activity, even those viruses which have not yet been identified.
> However, because MC does not allow trapping system messages, this
> handler can't be used in MC. You will have to rely on inoculations after
> new viruses are found.
>
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