[comp.virus] more on 'Virus Protection and Universities'

gsb1@forth.stirling.ac.uk (Mr Gordon S Byron) (03/06/91)

>More on MACs than on PCs?

Not at all just a much more efficient virus checking system. Being
able to tell if a disk is inserted and scanning it on insertion
ensures a check of all known viruses. with applications such as Sam it
is possible to update the virus checking system when new viri are
identified. The ability to do this on a PC is much more problematic,
too many potential loopholes. Mac's invariably have more immediate
virus checking procedures set up in public areas because they CAN
All our public Mac labs have automatic scanning for viri on disk
insertion. this is much less trustworthy technique on DOS boxes. :-)

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