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From: Robert N. Amsbury (ramsbury@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2001 - 10:24:37 PST

This is not a virus. Fast saves involve appending new changes to
document directly to the end of the old document. So, basically,
every time you open the document, it starts from the original form,
then executes all the changes which have ever been made to it. What
this means is that no matter how short the document is visually, if
you start making changes to it, it will get larger and LARGER on the
hard drive very quickly. If you disable Fast Saves and save the file
again, you should find that it saves quickly and in less space.

-Robert

At 9:52 AM -0800 3/21/01, Jack King wrote:
>We have an Imac (233 MHz ) that seems to have a virus that causes
>quick saves of Word files to take an excessive amount of time to save
>(5-10 seconds for a 1-2 page Word file). These are text only files that
>normally save instantly on the G3 platform.
>
>I experimented with files from another Mac (G3 Biege 266 MHz). The file
>would save a change instantly on the G3 but would take more than
>5 seconds on the Imac. The strange part was that if I copied that
>same file back to the G3 it would then take 5-10 seconds to save.
>
>Has anyone encountered a Mac Virus or Worm with these symptoms?
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Jack King
>Workstation Hardware Support
>50 University Ave.
>510-643-6852
>
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