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T4-C virus has no trigger date. T4-C begins spreading immediately.
begins to spread to other files and attempts to alter the System file. The
not do anything before its trigger date. After the trigger date, the virus
1992, while the trigger date for T4-B is June 26, 1992. The virus does
difference is the trigger date. The trigger date for T4-A is August 15,
we call “T4-beta.” The strains are very similar. The only significant
1993), and a version which appears to have been used for testing which
2.0), T4-B (contained in GoMoku 2.1), T4-C (discovered in February,
There are four known strains of the T4 virus: T4-A (contained in GoMoku
Application is infected with the T4 virus.
overt damage. The virus may display the following message:
Once installed and active, the virus does not appear to perform any other
sometimes actually renames files “Disinfectant”.
is a good indication that T4 is attacking your system. The virus also
trying to make some change to a file, and if Disinfectant is not running, it
an alert from such an anti-viral tool telling you that “Disinfectant” is
general-purpose suspicious activity monitors like Gatekeeper. If you see
The virus masquerades as Disinfectant in an attempt to bypass
the T4 virus.
good reason, it is a good indication that you may have been attacked by
If your system suddenly stops loading INITs and system extensions for no
reinstall it.
the System file. If the virus damages your System file, you will have to
unpredictable circumstances. Disinfectant cannot repair this damage to
7.0.1, the change may render the system unbootable or cause crashes in
results in INIT files and system extensions not loading. Under System
under both Systems 6 and 7. Under System 6 and System 7.0, the change
The change to the System file results in alterations to the startup code
### and replace it with a known good copy.
### be repaired properly. You should delete the file
### This file was damaged by the virus, and it cannot
Disinfectant issues the following error message:
file, but leaves the file damaged. You should not attempt to use such a file.
repair an infected application, Disinfectant removes the virus from the
application cannot be repaired. When you use Disinfectant to attempt to
When the virus infects an application, it damages it in such a way that the
to alter the System file.
The virus spreads to other applications and to the Finder. It also attempts
person’s name as a form of harassment.
the virus. The actual virus author is unknown, and probably used this
uninvolved person. Please do not use this person’s name in reference to
posting, and embedded in the game’s about box, is that of a completely
The game was distributed under a false name. The name used in the
anonymous FTP archive sites.
comp.binaries.mac and to a number of popular bulletin boards and
Copies of this game were posted to the USENET newsgroup
The virus was included in versions 2.0 and 2.1 of the game GoMoku.
June, 1992.
The T4 virus was discovered in several locations around the world in
xThe T4 Virus