Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!pejacoby From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Virus Programs Message-ID: <1991Apr30.133008.15427@mmm.serc.3m.com> Date: 30 Apr 91 13:30:08 GMT References: <2519@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> <1991Apr26.130358.2711@mmm.serc.3m.com> <1991Apr26.193058.17522@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) Distribution: comp Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US Lines: 21 In article <1991Apr26.193058.17522@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) writes: >In article <1991Apr26.130358.2711@mmm.serc.3m.com> >pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) writes: >> But you need to keep this in context--both Jon Norstad and Jeff Shulman >> have apparently said that the reason they will NOT update is because the ^^^^^^^^^^ Good thing I put this in here...that's what I get for quoting something from MacWeek :-) >That's what Henry Norr wrote in his MacWeek article, but he must have >gotten this from Jeff, not from me. As I told Henry, the reason I'm not >updating Disinfectant for the new HyperCard virus is because I don't make >any attempt in Disinfectant to deal with the entire complex issue of >application-specific viruses which spread via the application scripting Thanks for the clarification Jon, much appreciated. -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company | | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 | Parachuting? Why jump out of a | | => pejacoby@3m.com | perfectly good airplane? | | (612) 737-3211 | |