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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Appletalk File Transfer
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Date: 27 Nov 90 21:00:13 GMT
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mst@mx.csun.edu (Michael Temkin) writes:
 
>WARNING:
>        Although Oscar is cute (especially if you install Moof) it
>        does open you system up to some joker sending you virused
>        files without your consent.  We recognized this fact when we
>        were playing with it here and decided against it.
 
You should be using anti-viral's on your local machines to stop
infected apps from infecting you. If some joker puts an infected app
in his Public Folder you wind up with the same end-result. Your
problem lies elsewhere.
 
Oscar is too useful for words; I cannot imagine working without it.
 
Disclaimer: my opinion.
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Stephan Somogyi                          Contentedness is for sheep
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