Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!jln From: jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: MacSE, keeping out viruses Message-ID: <3453@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Feb 91 18:06:54 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 30 References:<12110.27B0A6C6@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG> <58898@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> In article francis@uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes: >There is also a quite new virus out, I have heard (in RL, not on the >Net), from Spain. Disinifectant 2.5 will (supposedly) be coming out >in the next couple of days to handle it; presumably, SAM will handle >it soon. > > Disclaimer: I cannot entirely vouch for the accuracy of this > information; it came from somebody working with JLN, but it is at > least possible he was misinformed. (No, I won't give his name--this > is my post, not his. [Except, probably, to JLN, if it matters.]) This is a FALSE ALARM! That "new" virus turned out to be ANTI-B, which is recognized by Disinfectant 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4. The confusion was because the report was sent to me in Spanish, and I had to get help from my net friends to get it translated. There are no immediate plans to release Disinfectant 2.5, and I have no knowledge of any new Mac viruses which 2.5 does not recognize. Despite his disclaimer, Mr. Stracke should have refrained from posting this rumor. In the past these kinds of rumors have caused great confusion, which is why I always refrain from saying anthing about viruses in public unless I have a copy, have analyzed it, and know for sure what I'm talking about. John Norstad Academic Computing and Network Services Northwestern University jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu