Back when I was in college, file and disk swapping were so common, I had tons of disks with nVIR (or something) on them. It was kind of like a sexual revolution gone horribly wrong, with most of the population walking around with Syph. Of course, that was many moons ago. Last virus I saw was included in a nonactive state on a MacAddict CD. Anyone remember that? It wasn't Autostart.
-Lavode > I remember having a virus on my classic something like "abccba" all it did > was write abccba or whatever on any free space it could find, thus choking > one's system. I think I still have disks that have the virus > > > From: Ron Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Thomas Keller wrote: > > > >>> Thomas Keller, no I will not use M$ virus delivery programs. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Thank you, > >>>> Teresa > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> Heck, I'm as anti-everything as the next person also. But in almost 10 years > >> of using macs on the internet I've never seen a virus on a mac. And yes I've > >> checked using all of those most popular self claiming virus protection apps. > >> I did see a PC targeted worm pass through here last summer though. I would > >> be interested in hearing if anyone on the list has ever experience a real > >> virus using a mac... > >> > >> > >> > > You were wondering about the mac virus. I got one in 1987 from Adobe > > when I purchased Illustrater version 1.1 > > I was using a Mac Plus. I think this was the Canadian virus celebrating > > the anniversary of the Lisa. We were using floppies at that time and it > > destroyed all the systems on my system discs. Had to purchase a new set > > of System 5 discs. That was 16 years ago. > > Ron > > Nova Scotia > > > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
