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From: lev@rsdps.gsfc.nasa.gov (Brian S. Lev)
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Subject: Re: WDEF Prevention (Mac)
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Date: 30 Nov 90 23:07:08 GMT
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ACSMARTIN@EKU.BITNET (Bob Martin) writes...
>- -- "Idiots that continue to use the same old infected disks.....". For
>those of us that work in educational settings -- GateKeeper and
>Disinfectant are a must, in my humble opinion. I truly appreciate the
>authors dedication to providing us such fine products -- for free!!
>
>BTW, we also provide a means for folks to get these fantastic programs
>at our Micro Center -- they just bring a blank disk and we give them a
>locked disk with the programs on it.....

Amen to that!  I was volunteered to handle "Mac Security" (i.e.,
anti-virus activities) here a while back, and have lost track of how
many people tell me they NEVER EVER NEVER swap floppies with anyone so
their system is clean -- just as Disinfectant starts telling me their
system file and/or desktop file and/or multiple applications have been
chomped on within the same month!

I put together the "MacSecure" package here, based mainly on John
Norstad's "Disinfectant", and threw in a couple of helpful HyperCard
stacks (v1.2.5).  It's available from dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov and
dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov in binhex format via Anon FTP...  (MacSecure 2.3a
is available; I expect to have 2.4 out late next week.)

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