Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: MAIMER@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Big fish man on hippocampus) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Questions about "Disinfectant" (Mac). Message-ID: <0001.9106131515.AA13504@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 12 Jun 91 08:22:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 33 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu firmiss@cae.wisc.edu writes: > I've been using Disinfectant since version 1.6 and I've had a few > questions I've wanted to ask for quite a while. > > 1. I believe since version 2.0, Disinfectant had the ability to install > a protection INIT. The thing is only 5k... What does it DO?... > Does it just give a warning if something is being infected? > What does it look for? If the virus is in an application, the an alert is displayed saying Disinfectant INIT found a virus and that it should be removed with Disinfectant. It will not let the program run. If the virus is in the Desktop, a similar alert will be shown, the Finder will run, but the virus will be "contained," kept from furthering the infection. This INIT only checks applications when they are run and do not check documents (i.e. Hypercard stacks). > > My current version of Disinfectant is 2.4... Is this the most current > one? I've had it for about 6 months now. As far as I know... - -- |\ \\\\__ Tony Maimer __ | \_/ o \ / | > _ (( <_ / | | / \__+___/ maimer@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu /o /_/| |/ |/ < )) _ < \ \ \| \ | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++