1.0 - 3/19/89. First release. Scores, nVIR, INIT 29, MacMag, ANTI. 1.1 - 4/16/89. nVIR B clone. 1.2 - 8/4/89. nVIR B clone. 1.3 - 11/29/89. nVIR B clone. 1.4 - 12/8/89. WDEF A. 1.5 - 12/14/89. WDEF B. 1.6 - 1/30/90. Generic nVIR clones. 1.7 - 4/2/90. ZUC. 1.8 - 5/20/90. MDEF. 2.0 - 7/8/90. Major new release with many new features. Also Frankie. 2.1 - 8/18/90. MDEF B and CDEF. 2.2 - 10/2/90. ANTI B. 2.3 - 10/23/90. MDEF C. 2.4 - 12/3/90. ZUC B. 2.5 - 6/28/91. ZUC C and MDEF D. 2.5.1 - 7/7/91. Fix error in 2.5 INIT. 2.6 - 2/22/92. MBDF.  • Earlier versions.  software. and all of the known incompatibilities between Disinfectant and other section lists in one location all of the known problems with Disinfectant We have added a new “Known Problems” section to the document. This  problem. Finder and making Disinfectant the startup program. This should solve the 800K floppy. We now recommend building this disk without a copy of because they could not fit System, Finder, and Disinfectant on a single Many users have had problems trying to build a System 6 Virus Tools disk  error. able to reproduce this problem and find its cause. Version 2.7 fixes the errors when trying to install or save the protection INIT. We were finally In previous versions, several users reported “Unexpected error -194”  button, the old version is removed and the new version is installed. asking if you want to install the new version. If you click the “Install” Extensions folder. If it locates such an older version, it presents an alert protection INIT has been installed in either the System folder or the When version 2.7 is run, it checks to see if an older version of the  protection INIT in the proper location. The “Install Protection INIT” command in version 2.7 installs the new  the Extensions folder, not in the System folder proper. any other INITs. Under System 7, the protection INIT must be located in Starting with version 2.7, the protection INIT now must load first, before  These rules have been turned upside down in version 2.7.  System folder proper, not in the Extensions folder. load last. Under System 7, the protection INIT had to be located in the In previous versions of Disinfectant, the protection INIT always had to  an important change to the way the Disinfectant protection INIT works. In order to properly detect and block the INIT 1984 virus, we had to make  1984 virus for details. Version 2.7 detects the new INIT 1984 virus. See the section on the INIT  • Disinfectant Version 2.7. March 23, 1992.  or after scans. Version 2.7.1 fixes a stupid error in 2.7 which can cause crashes during  • Disinfectant Version 2.7.1. March 25, 1992.  some other INIT which is supposed to load first. of what to do when you want to use the Disinfectant INIT together with The “Protection” section of the online manual now discusses the problem  hope will make it more compatible with other software. Version 2.8 also includes some changes to the protection INIT which we  robust. startup time. This makes the INIT smaller, more efficient, and more The protection INIT no longer checks the System file for viruses at  MultiFinder. during or after scans on the Mac Plus and 512KE running System 6 with Version 2.8 also corrects an error in version 2.7.1 which caused crashes  252 virus for details. Version 2.8 detects the new CODE 252 virus. See the section on the CODE  • Disinfectant Version 2.8. April 19, 1992.   details. Version 2.9 detects the new T4 virus. See the section on the T4 virus for  • Disinfectant Version 2.9. July 4, 1992.   numbered 3.0. than one digit after the decimal point. For this reason, this new version is Unfortunately, Apple’s version numbering scheme does not permit more number. According to this rule, this version should be numbered 2.10. indicated by increasing the number after the decimal point in the version major new features. Normally, with Mac programs, a minor upgrade is Note that this version 3.0 is NOT a major new release of Disinfectant with  that compressed files had damaged resource forks. SpaceSaver product. In some cases, Disinfectant would improperly report This version also fixes a problem with Aladdin Systems’ StuffIt  program). pathological files with very large resources (e.g., the “PSpice” We also fixed some errors which could cause crashes when scanning  on the CDEF virus for details. Version 3.0 also detects a new version of the CDEF virus. See the section  on the T4 virus for details. Version 3.0 detects the new T4-C strain of the T4 virus. See the section  • Disinfectant Version 3.0. February 24, 1993.   problems when scanning certain very unusual kinds of damaged files. memory errors, various “unexpected” error messages, and other This version also fixes a few obscure problems which could cause out of  virus for details. Version 3.1 detects the new INIT 17 virus. See the section on the INIT 17  • Disinfectant Version 3.1. April 12, 1993   very large CODE resources, including PSpice and Intellidraw. to 1000K. This fixes a problem scanning some specific applications with Disinfectant’s preferred memory partition has been increased from 700K  kinds of damaged files. Version 3.2 fixes the problem. detection code. This error affected only a very few people with very rare There was an error in version 3.1 in the changes made to the damaged file  virus for details. Version 3.2 detects the new INIT-M virus. See the section on the INIT-M  • Disinfectant Version 3.2. April 21, 1993   very rare kinds of damaged resource files. The new version also fixes an error which caused Disinfectant to crash on  System folder into the Preferences folder for you. time you run the new version, it moves your old preferences file from the Preferences folder instead of inside the System folder proper. The first Under System 7, the new version stores its preferences file inside the  monitor, try rebuilding your desktop file. contributing the icons. If you don’t see the new color icons on your color This version also includes a new color icon suite. Thanks to John Stein for  virus. See the sections on the CODE 1 and MBDF viruses for details. Version 3.3 detects the new CODE 1 virus and new B strain of the MBDF  • Disinfectant Version 3.3. November 5, 1993   investigate and fix this error. 7.1 and an enabler. Thanks to Larry Atkin and Werner Uhrig for helping number -192 when scanning the active System file on Macs with System Version 3.4 fixes an error which sometimes caused unexpected error  9403 for details. Version 3.4 detects the new INIT 9403 virus. See the section on INIT  • Disinfectant Version 3.4. March 3, 1994   virus using the wrong name for the virus. This error has been fixed. The version 3.4 protection INIT incorrectly identified the new INIT 9403  number -192 when scanning an enabler file under System 7.1. This version fixes an error which sometimes caused unexpected error  • Disinfectant Version 3.4.1. March 11, 1994   åVersion History 6 6