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>      I have recently read something about Disinfectant 1.6 from this
> newsgroup.  Its author said that there was no Disinfectant 1.6 and it
> maigt cause potential porblems on virus detection.  Someone in our lab
> downloaded it and has been using it without any obvious trouble.  I
> would appreciate any further comments on this application.  So, again,
> is there any upgraded version of Disinfectant after version 1.5 ?  If
> not, is there any more information about this "fake" Disinfectant ?

A month or so ago, there was a report of a Disinfectant 1.6 at a time
when the latest officially-released version of Disinfectant was 1.5.
It turns out that this report was in error... a fileserver somewhere
had a copy of 1.5, and had mistakenly catalogged it as being version
1.6.

More recently (about 10 days ago), John Norstad released an official
1.6 version of Disinfectant.  This version includes nVIR-clone
detection... it will identify and remove simple clones of the nVIR
virus family even if these clones are newly-created and have not been
seen before.

Check the version history in the About... box in the copy of Disinfectant
1.6 which you have downloaded.  If it's consistent with this description,
you probably have a valid copy of the new version, and can use it without
difficulty or dismay.

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