Darn Scary 68k Virus

[macintoshman]

It took up the entire screen beeping with a countdown to meltdown.

at max volume

I unpluged the quadra

and I will nuke over the HD with A/UX.

It did this in the past.

 

[Dan 7.1]

"took up the entire screen with a countdown to meltdown"

so what did it do, open a window and start a timer? and what exactly do you mean by meltdown. there is no possible way that a virus could cause a literal "meltdown". this isn't the movies, software has basically a null effect on hardware. it can only do what the hardware was designed too do, and i highly doubt Motorola put in a "self destruct" instruction set into its chips.

and how the hell did you get it? its not like people are actually programming...well anything for 68k macs these days.

 

[macintoshman]

It said my computer would meltdown, which is pure crap.

I think I got it from preterhuman hotline. But it beeps. LOUD.

I am going to nuke it and install A/UX

 

[iMac600]

Hmm, strange. Be interesting to know just what virus it is.

 

[MacJunky]

Boot off a floppy and look for any files that might be it. If you can isolate it then test on a sandboxed system it would be good to know more information about it.

Would be great to know just what file it came from as well so others can be warned if it actually is malicious.

 

[Bunsen]

It may not be a virus, but a "Stupid Mac Trick". Does this come up at startup, or randomly? It's unlikely to be dangerous - a real virus would just hide.

What did you download from preterhuman? How long ago? How many times have you seen this?

 

[dbraverman88]

Please post as much information about this as you can. The entire community here could benefit.

--David

 

[Bunsen]

Also, I think a nuke and pave could be a slight over-reaction - unless A/UX was already in this machine's future.

 

[macintoshman]

A/UX Already was in the future. I looked at what it could be and it Is a hybrid.

I think I got infected from an old games pack that crashed sys 7.

 

[Quadrajet]

"took up the entire screen with a countdown to meltdown"
so what did it do, open a window and start a timer? and what exactly do you mean by meltdown. there is no possible way that a virus could cause a literal "meltdown". this isn't the movies, software has basically a null effect on hardware. it can only do what the hardware was designed too do, and i highly doubt Motorola put in a "self destruct" instruction set into its chips.

and how the hell did you get it? its not like people are actually programming...well anything for 68k macs these days.

Hrmm... in my field, software has an immense effect on hardware. A programming error I made destroyed a $30,000 piece of hardware once. I've also broken many smaller things worth a total of over $10,000.

But on consumer electronics, generally not.

 

[ealex79]

[8D]

Do you live in the United States? They shouldn't let you work in an atomic reactor........

}

 

[Quadrajet]

Nah, I just program stuff that makes car parts. If you tell it to go somewhere, it WILL, even if that means slamming itself into something very hard. I've managed to destroy a ballscrew, a spindle, and several diamond tools. Not too bad for five years. G54 G0 G64 X0 Y0 Z-140 *KABLAM!!* :lol:

 

[Dan 7.1]

lol well as soon as a 68k springs hydraulic powered appendages with diamond-tipped cutting blades i'll be worried about a virus effecting hardware

until then i stand by my post.

 

[Scott Baret]

Sounds like one of those silly trick programs to me. I remember one that disabled all the vowels on the keyboard. I was so panicked I was about to go out to the local Apple retailer to buy a new keyboard for my Mac LC. Thankfully I booted up with a Disk Tools floppy and was able to figure out what caused the problem...the keyboard still works fine today.

 

[Flash!]

No vowels, that's sooo funny! LOL!

 

[aphetica]

N vwls, tht's s fnny, LL?

 

[Bunsen]

as soon as a 68k springs hydraulic powered appendages with diamond-tipped cutting blades

my mad scientist laboratory will be complete }

 

[conceitedjerk]

Well, if any of you mad scientists need hydraulics, let me know - it's what I do for a living!

 

[LCGuy]

Sounds like one of those silly trick programs to me. I remember one that disabled all the vowels on the keyboard. I was so panicked I was about to go out to the local Apple retailer to buy a new keyboard for my Mac LC. Thankfully I booted up with a Disk Tools floppy and was able to figure out what caused the problem...the keyboard still works fine today.

I remember that - wasn't it called Nvwls? (No vowels)