Well, apparently I get to eat my words from a week ago about never seeing a virus on a Mac...and I've been getting a crash course in now you get to fix it 101
It seems a client uploaded some files to my server this weekend that were infected with SevenDust C. Dummy me transfered them to another comp to work on them and that resulted in 2 infected computers. Norton system works has done a gang buster job at resurecting the crashed drives and removing the virus? on at least one of the comps. The symantec website made it sound as if the C varient wasn't a particularly damming varient in the sense that things could have been much much worse. The server on the other hand is taking a little longer to fix. 60gigs of stuffit deluxe archives is giving Norton's a run for it's money. My question(s) to anyone with any experience in dealing with this stuff is: Is nortons really "enough" - so far I've deleated all files norton couldn't repair, ran norton several times(disk repair & anti virus), defraged and optimized the drives and replaced/reloaded any other files I felt were suspect. Just what exactly is nortons doing when it's "repairing"? rewriting code? deleating corrupt code? imprisoning it? or leaving the underlying structure of my hard and files resembling that of swiss cheese? Also although SDc is a pre osx virus - 1st recognized in 97 - I primarly run X on the server, anything I should be looking for in X? I did hit the classic support in X. To reitterate myself, nortons seems to be doing a knock out job at the moment, but any additional info would certainly be appreciated. Thx. Tom. -- 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
