clarke@csri.toronto.edu (Jim Clarke) (11/07/90)
ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes: >... Here at Dartmouth we have been reccomending Disinfectant INIT 2.3 >and Gatekeeper Aid (for its WDEF abilities) and that's it. Vaccine is really >old and I question its usefulness at this point. Just the two described >above (along with an always handy copy of disinfectant) should keep the nasties >away from your Mac. But Disinfectant INIT catches WDEF too, you know. It did just that for me recently, detecting WDEF and preventing it from spreading from the infected floppy to my hard disk. Does Gatekeeper Aid perform some other function that Disinfectant INIT doesn't? I have to admit, though, that I still use Vaccine, even though it doesn't catch most of the recent new viruses. I guess it's because Vaccine will catch *some* unknown viruses, whereas Disinfectant nearly guarantees not to. Disinfectant's attitude is more rational ... but you can't expect me to be paranoid about viruses AND rational too, can you? -- Jim Clarke -- Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 clarke@csri.toronto.edu or clarke@csri.utoronto.ca // (416) 978-4058
vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) (11/08/90)
> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.misc: 7-Nov-90 Disinfectant vs WDEF > (was: .. Jim Clarke@csri.toronto. (1139) > Does Gatekeeper Aid perform some other function > that Disinfectant INIT doesn't? Gatekeeper Aid stops and *removes* WDEF. Disinfectant Init forces you to use Disinfectant to get rid of it. -Vince vd09@andrew.cmu.edu
jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) (11/08/90)
In article <0bC9O_K00Vpe0LA24r@andrew.cmu.edu> vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) writes: > Gatekeeper Aid stops and *removes* WDEF. Disinfectant Init forces you > to use Disinfectant to get rid of it. Actually, in the document I recommend that users of the Disinfectant INIT rebuild the desktop file to get rid of WDEF when the INIT discovers a WDEF infection on a floppy. Only takes a few seconds, and it's much quicker and easier than running Disinfectant. Losing Get Info comments is the only disadvantage. John Norstad Academic Computing and Network Services Northwestern University jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
clarke@csri.toronto.edu (Jim Clarke) (11/09/90)
jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) writes: >In article <0bC9O_K00Vpe0LA24r@andrew.cmu.edu> vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu >(Vincent M. Del Vecchio) writes: >> Gatekeeper Aid stops and *removes* WDEF. Disinfectant Init forces you >> to use Disinfectant to get rid of it. >Actually, in the document I recommend that users of the Disinfectant INIT >rebuild the desktop file to get rid of WDEF when the INIT discovers a WDEF >infection on a floppy. Only takes a few seconds, and it's much quicker >and easier than running Disinfectant. Losing Get Info comments is the >only disadvantage. And anyway, I'd rather not have a program automatically doing things to my disk, even if it's a virus-protection program instead of a virus. I realize that means I'm paranoid, but I was happier rebuilding the desktop myself than I would have been being told by Gk Aid that it had done something automatically. Still, I can see the other point of view, and it's nice to learn something. -- Jim Clarke -- Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4 clarke@csri.toronto.edu or clarke@csri.utoronto.ca // (416) 978-4058
KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (11/10/90)
In article <0bC9O_K00Vpe0LA24r@andrew.cmu.edu>, vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) says: > >> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.misc: 7-Nov-90 Disinfectant vs WDEF >> (was: .. Jim Clarke@csri.toronto. (1139) > >> Does Gatekeeper Aid perform some other function >> that Disinfectant INIT doesn't? > >Gatekeeper Aid stops and *removes* WDEF. Disinfectant Init forces you >to use Disinfectant to get rid of it. Gatekeeper aid also trap some other potential virus modes (MDEFs for example) stopping those potential viruses. This is also the reason that GKA is large than Eradicate 'em. Try GK 1.1.1 (were is 2.0!) + Disinfectant INIT + GKA 1.0.2 -- I use them and I feel pretty safe (yea, right, I'm paranoid :-) Kevin Kevin Purcell | kpurcell@liverpool.ac.uk -or- kgp@cxa.dl.ac.uk Surface Science, | Liverpool University | There is now a *Twin Peaks* distribution list for Liverpool L69 3BX | UK Peak Freaks. Mail me for details ....