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- xThe INIT 17 Virus
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- The INIT 17 virus was discovered in New Brunswick, Canada, in April,
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- 1993.
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- The virus infects both the System file and application files. It does not
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- infect document files.
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- The virus displays the message “From the depths of Cyberspace” the
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- first time an infected Macintosh is restarted after 6:06:06 A.M. on
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- October 31, 1993. After this message has been displayed once, it is not
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- displayed again.
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- The virus contains many errors which can cause crashes and other
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- problems. In particular, it causes crashes on Macintoshes with the 68000
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- processor, like the Mac Plus, SE, and Classic.
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- For technical reasons, the virus does not infect some applications, and on
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- some systems, it does not spread at all. It does, however, spread under
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- both System 6 and System 7.
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