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Article #4376Review of SafeWord Virus-Safe (PC)
From: Rob Slade
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 18:54
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 18:54
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I believe there was a recent announcement by Bob Bosen of version 2.0,
but he has had this review for over a week now and I haven't heard
anything back.
Comparison Review
Company and product:
Enigma Logic Inc.
2151 Salvio Street, #301
Concord, CA 94565 USA
Tel: (415) 827-5707
FAX: (415) 827-2593
Internet: 71435.1777@COMPUSERVE.COM
SafeWord Virus-Safe release 1.12 (900831)
Summary:
Change detection software.
Cost: not stated
Rating (1-4, 1 = poor, 4 = very good)
"Friendliness"
Installation 3
Ease of use 4
Help systems 3
Compatibility 3
Company
Stability 3
Support 2
Documentation 2
Hardware required 4
Performance 3
Availability 2
Local Support ?
General Description:
SafeWord (R) Virus-Safe 1.12 is a manual or TSR program file checking
package based upon signatures which the program calculates when
installed. Signature algorithms can include a DES or MAC based
calculation. Enigma Logic makes similar programs for various mini and
mainframe operating systems. As suggested by this association and the
documentation, Safeword is best used in a managed environment. The
package is, however, simple enough to give significant protection to a
naive user.
[Ed. Due to its size, the remainder of this review has been placed in
the anonymous FTP archives on cert.sei.cmu.edu (IP#=128.237.253.5) in
pub/virus-l/docs/reviews under the filename slade.virus-safe]
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