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later.

and Disinfectant. You may read it now if you wish, or return to read it

remainder of this manual gives more information about Macintosh viruses

You should now be ready to use Disinfectant for the first time. The



information between Disinfectant sessions.

file is used to save preferences, window positions, and page setup

Preferences folder (System 7) or in your System folder (System 6). This

Disinfectant creates a file named ΓÇ£Disinfectant PrefsΓÇ¥ in your



Please be patient.

dialog is presented asking you to ΓÇ£Please wait.ΓÇ¥ This can take some time.

completes its initial checksum before presenting the main window. A

When Disinfectant starts from a floppy disk or other ejectable disk, it



seriously degrade the normal operation of the application.

otherwise modified. This background check does not interfere with or

make certain that it has not been damaged, infected by a virus, or

Disinfectant computes, in the background, a thorough checksum of itself to

doing anything. This is normal and you should not be concerned.

considerable disk activity, even though it appears that Disinfectant is not

After Disinfectant starts from a fixed hard drive, you may notice



originals were not infected.

do this, use Disinfectant to rescan the replaced files to make certain your

infected and reinstall uninfected copies from the original floppies. If you

and system files, you can delete the files that Disinfectant says are

For even greater safety, if you have locked original copies of applications



(ΓÇ£FileΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£ResΓÇ¥ privileges for ΓÇ£Other,ΓÇ¥ ΓÇ£System,ΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£SelfΓÇ¥).

certain that Disinfectant has been granted all Gatekeeper privileges

If you run Disinfectant on a Gatekeeper-protected system, check to make



of Disinfectant.)

Disinfectant INIT, however, has no noticeable effect on the performance

protection INITs can make Disinfectant run slower than normal. (The

and use a RAM cache. (A 32K RAM cache seems to work well.) Some virus

Disinfectant runs much faster if you set your monitor to black and white



System 7) or your Virus Tools disk (for System 6), as described above.

by the error message is to restart using either your Disk Tools disk (for

issued advising you what to do. In many cases, the solution recommended

file or files because they are ΓÇ£busy.ΓÇ¥ In this case, an error message is

When repairing (disinfecting) files, Disinfectant may be unable to repair a



problems.

Disinfectant again. This avoids INIT conflicts and other possible causes of

System 7) or your Virus Tools disk (for System 6). Try running

you try restarting your Mac using either your Disk Tools disk (for

problems running it using your normal system, however, we suggest that

floppy disk or Virus Tools disk for everyday use. If you encounter

normal system. It is not necessary to run it from your backup locked

You can and should run Disinfectant from your hard drive using your



eradicated the virus, you run the risk of reinfecting your system.

run other programs before making certain that you have completely

some other programs, and finally disinfect the rest of your disks. If you

Disinfect all your disks at one time. Do not do some of them, then run



Disinfectant requires System 6.0 or later.



they are important.

There are only a few rules and restrictions when running Disinfectant, but



each of your startup floppy disks.

Disinfectant. Drag copies of the protection INIT into the System folder on

standard file dialog to save a copy of the protection INIT. Quit

from the ΓÇ£ProtectΓÇ¥ menu. A standard file dialog will appear. Use the

Run any copy of Disinfectant. Select the ΓÇ£Save Protection INITΓÇ¥ command

ΓÇó Step 6. Install the protection INIT on each of your startup floppy disks.





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appear at the bottom of your screen during startup.

the INIT. Click the Restart button. You should see the protection INIT icon

alert will appear asking if you want to restart your Macintosh to activate

drive. (On System 7, the INIT is placed inside the Extensions folder.) An

protection INIT inside the currently active System folder on your hard

command from the ΓÇ£ProtectΓÇ¥ menu. Disinfectant will place a copy of the

you do not have a hard drive.) Select the ΓÇ£Install Protection INITΓÇ¥

ΓÇó Step 5. Install the protection INIT on your hard drive. (Skip this step if





can lock the disk again after Disinfectant has ejected it.

before inserting it. (Disinfectant cannot repair a disk if it is locked.) You

insert floppies one at a time to be scanned and repaired. Unlock each disk

command from the ΓÇ£DisinfectΓÇ¥ menu. Disinfectant will prompt you to

ΓÇó Step 4. Disinfect all of your floppy disks. Select the ΓÇ£FloppiesΓÇ¥



viruses which it discovers.

menu. Disinfectant will scan all of your hard disks and will remove any

have a hard disk.) Select the ΓÇ£All DisksΓÇ¥ command from the ΓÇ£DisinfectΓÇ¥

ΓÇó Step 3. Disinfect all of your hard disks. (Skip this step if you do not



Disinfectant will run automatically.

do not have a hard drive, start up your Mac using your Virus Tools disk.

ΓÇó Step 2. Run Disinfectant from your hard drive, if you have one. If you



the System 6.0.7 System and Finder files and Disinfectant.)

the Finder. (For example, there is not enough room on an 800K floppy for

above. In some cases there is not even enough room on the floppy to add

disk. This is not necessary, however, if you follow the instructions

If you wish, you may try to put a copy of the Finder on your Virus Tools



Keep your Virus Tools floppy in a safe place.



floppy.

provided the disk is always kept locked. Never unlock your Virus Tools

It is impossible for a virus to infect a file on a locked floppy disk,



viruses from some kinds of files.

disk. You may also need to start up from your Virus Tools disk to remove

virus, it will refuse to run! In this case, you will need your Virus Tools

Disinfectant becomes damaged in any way, or if it becomes infected by a

will run Disinfectant from your hard drive (if you have one). However, if

The Virus Tools disk is very important. During normal operations, you



alert to restart your Mac.

there is no Finder on the Virus Tools disk. Click the Restart button in this

Finder is ΓÇ£busy or damaged.ΓÇ¥ This is normal. The alert appears because

button to quit the program. An alert should appear telling you that the

automatically. When the main Disinfectant window appears, click the Quit

drive, and then start up your Mac again). Disinfectant should run

disk (shut down your Mac, insert your Virus Tools disk in the floppy

Test your Virus Tools disk. Restart your Macintosh from the Virus Tools



can see through the hole.

the floppy, slide the plastic tab on the back of the floppy up so that you

Eject the Virus Tools floppy. Lock it and label it ΓÇ£Virus Tools.ΓÇ¥ To lock



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System 6 ΓÇ£SpecialΓÇ¥ menu to set Disinfectant as the startup program.

floppyΓÇÖs window to select it, then use the ΓÇ£Set StartupΓÇ¥ command in the

After copying the two files to the floppy, click the Disinfectant icon in the



with Disinfectant.

some other System file because it may be too big to fit on the floppy along

of the System file. Do not use the System file from your hard drive or

Use an original locked System 6 Apple ΓÇ£System ToolsΓÇ¥ disk for your copy



copy of the System file and a copy of Disinfectant.

ΓÇó Step 1 (for System 6 users). Make a ΓÇ£Virus ToolsΓÇ¥ floppy containing a



safe place.

Keep both your Disinfectant backup floppy and your Disk Tools floppy in a



the Disk Tools disk to remove viruses from some kinds of files.

original and the copy locked. You may need to start up from your copy of

Macintosh sold by Apple. Make a copy of this disk. Always keep the

standard Apple System 7 release. It is included with every System 7

Also locate your Apple ΓÇ£Disk ToolsΓÇ¥ floppy disk. This disk is part of the



Disinfectant floppy.

provided the disk is always kept locked. Never unlock your backup

It is impossible for a virus to infect a file on a locked floppy disk,



virus, it will refuse to run! In this case, you will need the backup copy.

Disinfectant becomes damaged in any way, or if it becomes infected by a

operations, you will run Disinfectant from your hard drive. However, if

The backup copy of Disinfectant is very important. During normal



you can see through the hole.

lock the floppy, slide the plastic tab on the back of the floppy up so that

floppy disk. Lock the floppy disk and label it ΓÇ£Disinfectant Backup.ΓÇ¥ To

ΓÇó Step 1 (for System 7 users). Make a backup copy of Disinfectant on a



or System 6. This first step is very important. Do not skip it!

The first step below is different depending on whether you use System 7



follow when using Disinfectant.

discuss a few very important rules and restrictions which you should

your system, and protect your system against future infections. We also

your system for viruses, remove any viruses which you may have on

This section describes how to use Disinfectant for the first time to check








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