John.Starta@p90.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (John Starta) (05/24/90)
In article <11444@sun.udel.edu> salamon@sun.udel.edu (Andrew Salamon) writes: >Are there any/will there be any init's that will detect and/or >remove this new virus? Both Vaccine and GateKeeper will detect and prevent the MDEF virus from infecting your system, but neither will remove it. Use Disinfectant 1.8 for removal. Hope this helps. John PATH: 114/15.90 -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!15.90!John.Starta Internet: John.Starta@p90.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org
joseph@cooper.cooper.EDU (Joe Giannuzzi) (05/28/90)
in article <11444@sun.udel.edu>, salamon@sun.udel.edu (Andrew Salamon) says: > Will Virex 2.6 detect/remove MDEF? Are there any/will there be any > init's that will detect and/or remove this new virus? According to MacWeek (05/21), Virex 2.7 which detects the MDEF virus we be released shortly. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer -> Reality is just a figment of your imagination. | | Joseph -> joseph@cooper.cooper.edu OR cmcl2!cooper!joseph | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
juh@cs.hut.fi (Juha Hyv|nen) (05/29/90)
In article <19327.2660D6C0@stjhmc.fidonet.org> John.Starta@p90.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (John Starta) writes: +---------------- ! Both Vaccine and GateKeeper will detect and prevent the MDEF virus from ! infecting your system, but neither will remove it. Use Disinfectant 1.8 ! for removal. +................ To which I quote Chris Johnson <chrisj@emx.utexas.edu> (author of GateKeeper): " Gatekeeper will *completely* block the MDEF virus. The same is *not* " true of Vaccine, however. Vaccine blocks only half of the operations " attempted by MDEF as it tries to infect the System file. The end " result is that when you use Vaccine to block MDEF infections on " certain kinds of Macs, you'll wind up with a system in which the " default menu definition function can no longer be found, which means " that you won't see any more menus.... " " When Gatekeeper blocks an infection by MDEF, it blocks it completely; " no modifications to the System are permitted, so no damage is done. / (.__o .. /_/ __/ Juha Hyvonen ! / ! !/ ) ! juh@cs.hut.fi ------