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- Disinfectant 3.0
-
- February 24, 1993
-
- Disinfectant 3.0 is a new release of our free Macintosh anti-viral
- utility.
-
- Version 3.0 detects the new T4-C strain of the T4 virus and a new
- version of the CDEF virus.
-
- The new T4-C strain of the T4 virus is very similar to the T4-A strain.
- It was discovered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- by a Gatekeeper user when an infected application attempted to rename
- itself "Disinfectant". Thanks to Chris Johnson and his Gatekeeper program
- for helping to discover this new strain.
-
- The new version of the CDEF virus was discovered in New York. There are
- only minor technical differences between the new version and the
- original virus. Unfortunately, the new version escaped detection by the
- Disinfectant version 2.9 protection INIT (but not by the application).
- The Disinfectant version 3.0 INIT fixes this problem. In version 3.0,
- both the INIT and the application recognize both the original virus and
- the new version.
-
- Please consult the Disinfectant online manual for more detailed information
- about the T4 and CDEF viruses.
-
- Note that this version 3.0 is NOT a major new release of Disinfectant
- with major new features. Normally, with Mac programs, a minor upgrade is
- indicated by increasing the number after the decimal point in the
- version number. According to this rule, this new version should be
- numbered 2.10. Unfortunately, Apple's version numbering scheme does not
- permit more than one digit after the decimal point. For this reason,
- this new version is numbered 3.0.
-
- We also fixed some errors which could cause crashes when scanning
- pathological files with very large resources (e.g., the "PSpice"
- program).
-
- This version also fixes a problem with Aladdin Systems' StuffIt
- SpaceSaver product. In some cases, Disinfectant would improperly report
- that compressed files had damaged resource forks.
-
- Disinfectant 3.0 is available now via anonymous FTP from site
- ftp.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.113.52]. It will also be available soon on
- sumex-aim.stanford.edu and info-mac mirror sites, rascal.ics.utexas.edu,
- comp.binaries.mac, America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, Delphi, BIX,
- MacNet, Calvacom, and other popular sources of free and
- shareware software.
-
- Macintosh users who do not have access to electronic sources of free and
- shareware software may obtain a copy of Disinfectant by sending a self-
- addressed stamped envelope and an 800K floppy disk to the author at the
- address given below. People outside the US may send an international postal
- reply coupon instead of US stamps (available from any post office). Please
- use sturdy envelopes, preferably cardboard disk mailers.
-
- People in Western Europe may obtain a copy of the latest version of
- Disinfectant by sending a self-addressed disk mailer and an 800K floppy
- disk to macclub benelux. Stamps are not required. The address is:
-
- macclub benelux
- Disinfectant Update
- Wirtzfeld Valley 140
- B-4761 Bullingen Belgium
-
- Mactivity-macclub benelux also offers an international update service
- for Disinfectant. This service is available to people anywhere in the
- world, not just Western Europe. For a fee they will send you new
- versions of Disinfectant as new viruses appear. Write to them at the
- above address for more information.
-
- John Norstad
- Academic Computing and Network Services
- Northwestern University
- 2129 Campus Drive North
- Evanston, IL 60208 USA
-
- j-norstad@nwu.edu
-