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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Protecting applications on server from viruses
Message-ID: <3423@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jan 89 15:24:12 GMT
References: <17734@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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From article <17734@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU>, by py8j@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU:
> 
> How would you protect applications on a fileserver (AppleShare 2.01)
> from viruses?  It's in a public site, and it holds WriteNow 2.0,
> Excel, SuperPaint, MacDraw.  At least these are the ones used most
> often.

Write protect every folder on the server.  I've been doing this
sucessfully for about a year now.  I have the following applications on
my server and they are servicable:

MacWrite 5.01		MacDraw 1.9.6		MacPaint 2.0
Copy II Mac 7.0		Symantec Utilities 1.0	LightSpeed C 2.15
Network Diskfit 1.41	Word 3.01		MacRecorder
Prototyper		Turbo Pascal		Excel
MacDraw II

Some programs store set up information in their own resource fork.
You will need to set this information up while you have write access
to the folders.  For example, MacWrite stores the location of its
dictionaries in itself.

Ready Set Go! 4.5 needs to have its folder write enabled because it
creates a temporary file.

Multiplan bombs as you quit after running off of AppleShare.

-- 
 William C. DenBesten
 denbeste@bgsu.edu