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From: erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel)
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Subject: Re: Plans for Disinfectant 2.0
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Date: 4 Feb 90 23:58:15 GMT
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In article <25539@gryphon.COM> jspear@gryphon.COM (Jon Spear) writes:
>A protected-mode operating system would eliminate many virus
>mechanisms.  There are many other reasonable measures that could
>be taken to make the Mac more secure, but they require a comittment
>by Apple and software developers to make them happen.

Protected-mode OS: granted, and it's coming, but it'll still be a while.
In the meantime, what else did you have in mind? Perhaps we can start 
a discussion on standard anti-viral measures in applications.

-eric

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