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Gatekeeper Aid 1.0.1 Released

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From: Chris Johnson
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1989 21:35
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	If you read this message the first time it was
	posted, you won't find any new information here.
	This re-posting corrects a mistake I made when
	specifying the path to the virus directory on
	ix1.cc.utexas.edu and ix2.cc.utexas.edu.

	My apologies for any confusion this mistake may
	have caused.


Well, folks, 1.0 has been one of "those kind" of releases.  
Version 1.0 of Gatekeeper Aid went through it's testing process 
with flying colors, but as soon as it found it's way into the 
real world things started breaking.

Many of the problems were simply confusing features (the Implied
Loader messages), while others were actual bugs and caused real 
trouble (the eject bug under MultiFinder, and applications that
suddenly failed to launch).

Although most users seem to have been able to use 1.0 without
incident, many did experience the aforementioned problems.

It's been real "interesting" at this end, I assure you.  :-(

In any case, I think we can leave the bulk of these problems 
behind us.  Gatekeeper 1.0.1 is now ready for release.

It eliminates a problem caused by inaccurate and/or incomplete
documentation of the OpenResFile() routine in Inside Mac.

It eliminates the requests for reinsertion of diskettes under
MultiFinder.  This alone eliminates a big problem encountered
by DiskFit users.  (I don't think this particular bug was in 
Gatekeeper Aid, but it's a long story.)

It eliminates the possibility of "normal" Desktop resources
being flagged as "Implied Loader" viruses.

It does some other good stuff too, and just generally improves
the reliability significantly.  A few more details are available
in the enclosed "Gatekeeper Aid Docs." file.

Gatekeeper Aid 1.0.1 should soon appear in comp.binaries.mac,
and on the sumex and simtel archives.  It is currently
available on ix1.cc.utexas.edu and ix2.cc.utexas.edu for anonymous
ftp in the directory:  microlib/mac/virus

Happy virus hunting!

Cheers,
----Chris
----chrisj@emx.utexas.edu
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From: chrisj@ut-emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Gatekeeper Aid 1.0.1 Released
Summary: Bugs fixed, problems avoided, confusion reduced
Keywords: Virus, Gatekeeper Aid, Bugs, WDEF
Message-ID: <22891@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 30 Dec 89 21:35:06 GMT
Reply-To: chrisj@emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson)
Organization: U.T. Austin Computation Center
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