Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!cy5 From: cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Conway Yee) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: New anti-virals from McAfee's BBS uploaded to SIMTEL20 Message-ID: <1990Dec6.164902.10202@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 6 Dec 90 16:49:02 GMT References: <1990Dec6.082850.27365@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 57 In article <1990Dec6.082850.27365@menudo.uh.edu> you write: >In article , w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: >> The following new anti-virus files were obtained directly from ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> McAfee's BBS and are now available on SIMTEL20: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> pd1: >> CLEANP71.ZIP Universal virus disinfector, heals/removes >> NETSCN71.ZIP Network compatible - scan for 157 viruses, v71 >> SCANV71.ZIP VirusScan, scans disk files for 160 viruses >> VALIDATE.CRC From McAfee BBS; CRC validation list of pgms >> VSHLD71.ZIP Resident virus infection prevention program > >How do I know whether these anti-virals themselves may be infected or not ? While safeguards have been taken to prevent this eventuality, the bottom line is that you don't. Personally, I believe that the files (which were taken directly from the McAfee's BBS) are clean but the probability that the files are not infected is not zero. Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: New anti-virals from McAfee's BBS uploaded to SIMTEL20 Summary: Expires: References: <1990Dec6.082850.27365@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Columbia University Keywords: In article <1990Dec6.082850.27365@menudo.uh.edu> you write: >In article , w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) writes: >> The following new anti-virus files were obtained directly from ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> McAfee's BBS and are now available on SIMTEL20: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> pd1: >> CLEANP71.ZIP Universal virus disinfector, heals/removes >> NETSCN71.ZIP Network compatible - scan for 157 viruses, v71 >> SCANV71.ZIP VirusScan, scans disk files for 160 viruses >> VALIDATE.CRC From McAfee BBS; CRC validation list of pgms >> VSHLD71.ZIP Resident virus infection prevention program > >How do I know whether these anti-virals themselves may be infected or not ? While safeguards have been taken to prevent this eventuality, the bottom line is that you don't. Personally, I believe that the files (which were taken directly from the McAfee's BBS) are clean but the probability that the files are not infected is not one. Conway Yee, N2JWQ yee@ming.mipg.upenn.edu (preferred) 231 S. Melville St. cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (forwarded to above) Philadelphia, Pa 19139 yee@bnlx26.nsls.bnl.gov (rarely checked) (215) 386-1312