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âmake changesâ privilege to anyone except yourself.
only way to eliminate the problems completely is to never grant the
trusted individuals. Never grant write access to guests (âany userâ). The
recommend that you limit write access to your shared folders to only
can prevent damage to their contents. To minimize these problems, we
inherently insecure, and no kind of anti-viral or other security software
problems with writable shared folders. Writable shared folders are
Virus infection over the network is only one of many serious security
Macs.
System 7âs file sharing, this has now also become a problem on personal
files in writable folders on dedicated AppleShare file servers. With
We have always had the problem of viruses spreading over a network to
damage to your Mac.
attempt by the virus to execute its viral code on your Mac or cause any
spreading to your non-shared folders. It will also completely block any
Mac. The VirusScan Extension will, however, prevent the virus from
the network, even if you have the VirusScan Extension installed on your
possible for files in the shared folder to become infected by a virus over
the âmake changesâ privilege with the new âSharingâ command, it is
feature. If you share a folder and permit write access to it by granting
You should also be aware of a problem with System 7âs file sharing
VirusScan Extension in your System 6 System folder.
proper way to protect against this problem is to install a copy of the
only be active, however, when you start up your Mac with System 6. The
this file can and will become infected by WDEF or CDEF. The virus will
Desktop file. If you restart using an infected System 6 startup floppy,
System 7 hard drives, however, often contain an old System 6 format
the VirusScan Extension will not detect them under System 7.
system, and since the Desktop file viruses never attack under System 7,
Extension detects and blocks viruses when they first try to attack your
disks are immune to these viruses under System 7. Since the VirusScan
spread, or cause any damage under System 7. Both hard disks and floppy
âDesktop fileâ viruses (WDEF and CDEF). These viruses never activate,
You should also be aware that System 7 is completely immune to the
discussed in the âProblem Clinicâ section below.
discussed in the âQuick Startâ section above. Rebuilding the desktop is
Restarting using your âVirus Toolsâ or emergency startup disk was
emergency startup disk and try again or ârebuild the desktop.â
busy and recommend that you either restart using your âVirus Toolsâ or
If you try to repair an infected file, VirusScan may tell you that the file is
location in the Extensions folder. Do not move it.
Extensionâ command installs the VirusScan Extension in the proper
VirusScan Extension to the System Folder. The âInstall VirusScan
Leave the VirusScan Extension in the Extensions folder. Do not move the
VirusScan is also compatible with the Power Macintosh.
32 bit addressing, and file sharing.
VirusScan is fully compatible with System 7, including virtual memory,
Ã¥System 7 Notes
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