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Overview

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Characteristics

This virus infects applications and the System on all Apple Macintosh models. It can also affect data files but they would not pass on the infection. It intercepts 'OpenResFile' OS trap.

The virus overwrites existing INIT 29 resource, which causes printing problems, crashes, anomalous behaviours, increased file sizes, and out of memory errors. One file can be multiply infected by this virus simultaneously.

Symptoms

Method of Infection

The infection of the System occurs when an infected application is run. An infected System file will have INIT ID 29 of 712 bytes in size. Infected applications carry a CODE resource of 712 bytes, its ID is the first free ID number starting from 1. Files without CODE resources get an INIT 29 resource.

Removal

Please use the latest updates of Virex for cleaning. If this threat is detected on a Macintosh please use Virex to repair it.

If the infected object was found on a non-Apple file server it can be cleaned using Virex from a Macintosh client.

Infected Emails (usually in BinHex format) will be currently either deleted or quarantined depending on the configuration of mail scanner. Quarantined mails should be transferred to a Macintosh and cleaned using Virex.

Variants

Variants

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All Information

Overview -

This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one system to another.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This virus infects applications and the System on all Apple Macintosh models. It can also affect data files but they would not pass on the infection. It intercepts 'OpenResFile' OS trap.

The virus overwrites existing INIT 29 resource, which causes printing problems, crashes, anomalous behaviours, increased file sizes, and out of memory errors. One file can be multiply infected by this virus simultaneously.

Symptoms

Symptoms -