Re: Antivirus Procedures

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From: Mark Etherington
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 00:00

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Wayne Fellows <wfellows@*stop_spam*earthlink.net> wrote:

> There really isn't much of a virus problem on Macs as long as you don't run
> MS Office.

True, but a new one popped up just recently which works its way via
Quicktime (see the URL below for more details). I have used Disinfectant
(freeware) quite happily in the past, but that's just be discontinued
with the appearance of this new virus. So, any recommendations for which
commercial anti-virus package to buy. Looking at my Dabs Direct
catalogue, it's a choice between:

Datawatch Virex (�55+VAT, �127+VAT with subs)
Dr Solomens AntiVirus (�55+VAT)
Symantec SAM v.4.5 (�47+VAT, �92+VAT with subs)

AFAIK, Virex is the only package to have been updated to deal with this
new virus so far.

Mark

Those virus details:

<URL:http://www.frostyplace.com/NewsHTML/1998/May/VirusAlert/VirusAlert.
html>

-- 
Mark Etherington
mark@roxley.demon.co.uk

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Date: 1998/05/10
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