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From: roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Question about WDEF-A and Disinfectant (2.0) Init
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Date: 31 Jul 90 17:16:14 GMT
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	I have a IIcx running 6.0.5 with Disinfectant 2.0 and Disinfectant
Init installed.  Most of the other machines around here are either IIs of
various flavors or Pluses, with 6.0.[2345] and also with Disinfectant Init
installed.  Somebody just brought me a floppy (800k, I think) that she
claims was infected by one of the Disinfectant protected public machines.
When I put the floppy in my machine, Disinfectant Init didn't catch it, but
when I scanned it with Disinfectant 2.0 (the application), it did indeed
say it was infected with WDEF-A.  Rebuilding the desk top cleared the
infection.

	I'm pretty sure Disinfectant Init is properly installed and working
on my machine because it has caught infected disks before (as recently as
yesterday).  Is there such a thing as a partially WDEF infected disk, that
the Init might miss but the application would catch?
--
Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
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