The nVIR virus comes from West Germany. Its author has stated that he only wanted to call the world’s attention to the virus problem. Because of this, the nVIR virus does not attack data, but does noticeably slow down the Macintosh. If Macintalk is present, voice messages tell the user not to worry; otherwise a beep is emitted.
Rival’s nVIR vaccine recognizes all variants of nVIR, existing or future. It recognizes the nVIR A, nVIR B, AIDS, Hpat, MEV#, nFLU, Jude and nVIR-F variants.