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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Archives trustworthy?
Summary: Are Mac archives virus-free?
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Date: 28 Jan 89 17:17:39 GMT
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This may be a silly question, but does anyone attempt to guarantee the
virus-freeness of programs in the sumex-aim archives?  That is, can anyone
post something there (even overwrite) via FTP, or is there a moderator?
I just downloaded Vaccine 1.01, but my fingers tremble every time I attempt
to drag it over Vaccine 1.0 in my System Folder.  (I obtained 1.0 from
CompuServe, which does evidently moderate its uploads.  I assume that they
verify that the original authors actually upload their programs.)


Wayne Folta          (folta@tove.umd.edu  128.8.128.42)