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From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Compactor - A reason not to use
Message-ID: <5508@crystal9.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 91 19:28:51 GMT
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lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee) writes:

>My biggest problem with self-extracting archives of any form is that I need to
>override GateKeeper to use them.  Anything that forces me to override my virus
>checker completely is something I will think twice about using.  It's
>especially troubling when, as another poster pointed out, the self-extracting
>archive itself might be infected!

I receive an extract 2-5 archive files a day from the Info-Mac Archives
and I have NEVER, repeat NEVER, gotten an infection from any of
them.

I use disinfectant 2.4, which does not complain when running
.sea files.  It is available from the archives at VIRUS/DISINFECTANT-24.HQX.

Enjoy.

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