tn07+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Neudecker) (01/03/90)
I am trying to maintain a local Macintosh bboard [The Pittsburgh Apple Business Users Group, (412) 828-8011]. The vast majority of the files posted to the bboard have been Binhexed and or Stuffit. Time does not allow me to test each of the uploads submitted for posting on the board. But I donUt want to pass any viruses to those who download files from my board. I suspect that virus detection utilities will just consider these files to be clean ASCII documents. So running Disinfectant to check and clean the bboards inbox is useless. Does anyone know of a tool that will read the files creator type and if it is Binhex or Stuffit do the translation on the fly, disinfect, and restore the file type? A version for both the Macintosh OS and UNIX would help slow the spread of viruses via bboards. Tom Neudecker Carnegie Mellon University TN07+@Andrew.CMU