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Article #26779Re: Virus killer
From: Jan Harrington
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1988 11:16
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1988 11:16
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in article <131@polygen.UUCP>, pablo@polygen.uucp (Pablo Halpern) says: > > One more thing. There are clubs that distribute public domain software. > They usually charge just enough to cover costs. Maybe some of them will > start doing virus checks on the software they distribute. It would be > nice to have a "clean" source of PD programs. > This issue raised itself at our meeting yesterday. Since we are about to start on a big campaign to get our PD/share collection out to educators, we are concerned that the collection be as virus-free as we can make it. For anyone who is considering ordering stuff from us, we will assure you that it has been tested to the best of our ability. However, hopefully no one distributing PD/shareware software will be foolish enough to "warranty" that the software is free from viruses. The lawsuits could be horrendous ... Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: ihnp4!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!gatech!ncar!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Virus killer Message-ID: <486@stech.UUCP> Date: 27 Mar 88 11:16:10 GMT References: <131@polygen.UUCP> Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass. Lines: 30