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Article #40936Re: Binary: McAfee's SCANV52 (latest version, includes AIDS)
From: Mark A. Holtz
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1990 02:07
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1990 02:07
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In article <13153@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay) writes:
> kluge@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Oliver Kluge) writes:
> Ever since the virus scares started, I have stopped using free software
> unless I really needed it. I would love to run this virus detector,
> but it seems to me that a virus detector is a perfect place to transmit
> a new virus.
You need not worry about SCANV52. The author, in the documentation,
states that SCAN has a self-protection device to prevent itself
from being infected.
> The only way I would feel comfortable running such a program obtained
> over the net is if it were distributed in source form. I would then
> compile it myself and use it.
No can do. SCAN is copyrighted by the author, and it is shareware.
If you want the name, address, and phone number of the shareware
company, please leave me e-mail.
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