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From: jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad)
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Subject: Re: Disinfectant 1.6 (Mac)
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Date: 9 Feb 90 20:28:00 GMT
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LAU@ricevm1.rice.edu(Fung P Lau) writes:
>      I have recently read something about Disinfectant 1.6 from this
> newsgroup.  Its author said that there was no Disinfectant 1.6 and it
> maigt cause potential porblems on virus detection.  Someone in our lab
> downloaded it and has been using it without any obvious trouble.  I
> would appreciate any further comments on this application.  So, again,
> is there any upgraded version of Disinfectant after version 1.5 ?  If
> not, is there any more information about this "fake" Disinfectant ?

Disinfectant 1.6 is a bonafide new release. There was some confusion on
the UseNet newgroup comp.sys.mac before 1.6 came out about a possibly
"bogus" version 1.6, but nothing ever came of that confusion.

Version 1.6 contains important new generic nVIR  clone detection and
repair code.  All Disinfectant users should upgrade to the new version.

(I am the author of Disinfectant)

John Norstad
Northwestern University
jln@acns.nwu.edu