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From: hrlaser@sactoh0.UUCP (Harv R. Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VirusX 3.2, VirusX 3.1
Keywords: virusx,amiga
Message-ID: <1940@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 89 17:57:33 GMT
References: <1389@ultb.UUCP>
Reply-To: hrlaser@sactoh0.UUCP (Harv R. Laser)
Organization: SAC-UNIX, Sacramento, Ca.
Lines: 40

In article <1389@ultb.UUCP> kxs5829@ultb.UUCP (K.X. Saunders) writes:
>Hi,
>	In reference to the VirusX questions, I'm running VirusX 3.2.
>In addition to the other problems, it's not updating the "name   :
>count" virus counts at all.

This is a known bug.

>	Also, on ff175, the release.notes say that virusx 3.1 is
>supposed to be 11760 bytes long.  The included executable is 11948 bytes
>long.  In contrast, virusx 3.2 is only 11896 bytes long.  So, what's
>wrong with this picture?

What's wrong is that Steve Tibbett, talented guy that he is, is
also
sometimes too quick to post his creations.. in the case of 
VirusX 3.1, he changed the executable's size but forgot to change
the .doc file's reference to the size too, so the two numbers
are off, as you noted. 

Admittedly, this is disconcerting since the point of including
the exe's size in the doc file was so that you'd know you got
an un-tampered-with copy. :-/ 

Just stick with 3.2 and if you see a 3.3 float by you, let it
keep right on floating 'cuz it's not a legitimate Steve Tibbett
release.  The next version is in the works right now but no
version number will be mentioned ahead of time in order to
try to avoid some nasty person from releasing a bogus version
prematurely, which is what 3.3 is. 


>
>			Kyle


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