So, I got it in my head to find a copy of MacPaint 2.0. Google pretty quickly turned up a copy at the Macintosh Garden, and without really looking very closely I downloaded it. I loaded it into my Mac Emulator on my PC and fileshared it over to my Mac Classic, and happily ran it and played with the versions in there. Meanwhile I also loaded it up on the Mac emulator to try it on a bigger screen to try out the dynamic window sizing things. All good, no worries.
I shut down the Mac emulator, and immediately my Windows-based antivirus program sets off an alert for nVIR-A. I look at it funny since not only do I not expect any viruses, but I'm pretty careful about such things... normally. Fortunately I have a copy of Disinfectant 3.0 around, and scan the emulator. Sure enough, nVIR-A all over the place. I copy that over to my Classic, and sure enough, it's all over too. Scan and disinfect both, and it's all good. But, leave it to me to infect a 20ish year old computer with a 25ish year old virus. Of course, if I'd read the comments first, I wouldn't have had the problem. If anyone else downloads MacPaint from http://www.macintoshgarden.org/apps/macpaint , be careful. At least it's harmless. Scott -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
