On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > Dr. Hawkins wrote: >> >> I think that all of the viruses then in existence broke with the >> introduction of System 7 (along with most macro programs and many >> other things). > > I don't know whether any of the actual naughtiness would have worked, > but the infecting and spreading worked fine for nVIR-A on 7.5.5 and 7.1 > during this incident. It infected several applications and the System > file. Cleaned up just fine though.
It's been a long time, bu weren't those system 7.x viruses in the first place? The change didn't stop *new* viruses, but the mechanisms that most (all?) pre-7 viruses, as well as macro software and some background stuff (my scheduling program!) got changeddd. hawk -- ----- 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/
