Questions about "Disinfectant" (Mac).

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From: firmiss
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1991 22:01

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I've been using Disinfectant since version 1.6 and I've had a few
questions I've wanted to ask for quite a while.

1.  I believe since version 2.0, Disinfectant had the ability to install
    a protection INIT.  The thing is only 5k... What does it DO?...
    Does it just give a warning if something is being infected?
    What does it look for?

2.  I remember hearing that using Disinfectant AND the old virus protection
    CDEV(?) "Vaccine (TM) 1.0.1" was a bad idea (Vaccine somehow rendered the
    Disinfectant INIT useless or something to that effect).
      Is it also a good idea to remove the INITs "KillVirus" (Icon is a
    needle with the word nVIR next to it). and "Kill WDEF - virus INIT"
    (Icon is just a standard document icon)?  I know these are pretty old
    too.  (at least I don't have "Ferret" and "Kill Scores" and those other
    related relics)

2a. Almost forgot... What about "SAM (TM) Intercept" INIT... I know it's
    newer but do "SAM" and "Disinfectant" interfere with each other?

My current version of Disinfectant is 2.4... Is this the most current
one?  I've had it for about 6 months now.

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