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From: Denis Chagnon
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 00:00

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In article <1d8twa0.1j7v26aa339zkN@roxley.demon.co.uk>,
mark@roxley.demon.co.uk (Mark Etherington) wrote:

�>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.

SAM has been.
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Date: 1998/05/11
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