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From: jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad)
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Subject: Re: Question about WDEF-A and Disinfectant (2.0) Init
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Date: 1 Aug 90 17:48:00 GMT
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In article <1990Aug1.001425.22545@ariel.unm.edu> wilcox@hydra.unm.edu 
(Sherman Wilcox) writes:
> I recently took my SE/30 to my local dealer because the superdrive had
> gone out on me (bad news -- my machine is only 6 months old, but 
purchased
> before the 1 year warranty went into effect). When I brought it home and
> booted up, Disinfectant immediately let me know that I had been infected
> with WDEF-A (the INIT let me know).

This is neat.  When I released Disinfectant 2.0, I of course knew that my 
INIT worked, at least on my machine and on my Beta tester's machines, but 
getting reports like this back from the "real world" is very nice.  I'm 
happy that it really is being used, that it really is working, and that it 
really is catching and blocking viruses.  That's why I wrote it!

John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
jln@acns.nwu.edu