LAU@ricevm1.rice.edu (Fung P Lau) (02/07/90)
I have recently read something about Disinfectant 1.6 from this newsgroup. Its author said that there was no Disinfectant 1.6 and it maigt cause potential porblems on virus detection. Someone in our lab downloaded it and has been using it without any obvious trouble. I would appreciate any further comments on this application. So, again, is there any upgraded version of Disinfectant after version 1.5 ? If not, is there any more information about this "fake" Disinfectant ?
jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) (02/10/90)
LAU@ricevm1.rice.edu(Fung P Lau) writes: > I have recently read something about Disinfectant 1.6 from this > newsgroup. Its author said that there was no Disinfectant 1.6 and it > maigt cause potential porblems on virus detection. Someone in our lab > downloaded it and has been using it without any obvious trouble. I > would appreciate any further comments on this application. So, again, > is there any upgraded version of Disinfectant after version 1.5 ? If > not, is there any more information about this "fake" Disinfectant ? Disinfectant 1.6 is a bonafide new release. There was some confusion on the UseNet newgroup comp.sys.mac before 1.6 came out about a possibly "bogus" version 1.6, but nothing ever came of that confusion. Version 1.6 contains important new generic nVIR clone detection and repair code. All Disinfectant users should upgrade to the new version. (I am the author of Disinfectant) John Norstad Northwestern University jln@acns.nwu.edu
dplatt@coherent.com (02/11/90)
> I have recently read something about Disinfectant 1.6 from this > newsgroup. Its author said that there was no Disinfectant 1.6 and it > maigt cause potential porblems on virus detection. Someone in our lab > downloaded it and has been using it without any obvious trouble. I > would appreciate any further comments on this application. So, again, > is there any upgraded version of Disinfectant after version 1.5 ? If > not, is there any more information about this "fake" Disinfectant ? A month or so ago, there was a report of a Disinfectant 1.6 at a time when the latest officially-released version of Disinfectant was 1.5. It turns out that this report was in error... a fileserver somewhere had a copy of 1.5, and had mistakenly catalogged it as being version 1.6. More recently (about 10 days ago), John Norstad released an official 1.6 version of Disinfectant. This version includes nVIR-clone detection... it will identify and remove simple clones of the nVIR virus family even if these clones are newly-created and have not been seen before. Check the version history in the About... box in the copy of Disinfectant 1.6 which you have downloaded. If it's consistent with this description, you probably have a valid copy of the new version, and can use it without difficulty or dismay. - -- Dave Platt VOICE: (415) 493-8805 UUCP: ...!{ames,apple,uunet}!coherent!dplatt DOMAIN: dplatt@coherent.com INTERNET: coherent!dplatt@ames.arpa, ...@uunet.uu.net USNAIL: Coherent Thought Inc. 3350 West Bayshore #205 Palo Alto CA 94303
ANDERSON@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (Ivy Anderson) (02/21/90)
I am brand new to VIRUS-L and to virus protection in general. I have just read the posting which mentioned Disinfectant 1.6, a free ant-virus program. Can someone advise me where we can obtain more information about this program? Is there a PC version as well? Thanks very much, Ivy Anderson Brandeis University Libraries Bitnet: anderson@brandeis Internet: anderson@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) (02/22/90)
CA6726@SIUCVMB.BITNET writes: > I realize that Mr. John Norstad just released Disinfectant 1.6 > and has again announced that Disinfectant 2.0 is forthcoming, but has > he or his colleagues announced WHEN we can anticipate its release? I wish I knew. It will be at least a few months, probably longer. The big problem is that I keep getting ideas for new features faster than I can implement them. John Norstad Northwestern University jln@acns.nwu.edu