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From: pv9y@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU
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Subject: Re: Virus Rx 1.0a2 Doesn't Detect nVIR
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Date: 10 Nov 88 04:09:45 GMT
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One caveat to John's article concerning nVIR tools.  While he is correct
about Virus Rx being next to useless at reliably finding nVIR, I can't
recommend AntiPan completely.  I've found in fairly extensive testing that
AntiPan fails fairly frequently to remove the virus from applications.  
I've found that Vaccination, also found on Rascal, does a better job, but
unfortunately Vaccination doesn't see the System or Finder and so can't
do a complete job.  Virus Detective isn't bad for that, but it is a bit
clumsier to use, so I recommend that you use a combination of AntiPan and 
Vaccination for eradication.  For prevention, both Vaccine and KillVirus
seem to do a pretty good job, although KillVirus sets off Interferon because
of its fake nVIR resource.  For detection, Interferon 3.1 and VirusWarning
INIT are the way to go.  VirusWarning beeps whenever an infected application
starts up and thus helps detect infections before they get a chance to do
much at all.

Adam

pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu