🚀 go-pugleaf

After reading how the WDEF virus on the MAC propagates when an
infected disk is inserted in the MAC, I would like to suggest the
approach of using a PC with a 3 1/2 drive to scan the MAC diskettes
and check for viruses. Assuming the PC hardware can read everything
the MAC can, this would be safer, IMHO, than using a MAC for this
task, for the chance of a virus being able to infect both a MAC and a
PC seem remote.

Using the MAC to scan DOS diskettes may also be possible, but
something would have to be done to prevent the MAC from assuming the
disk is legitimate when inserted.

This approach would also avoid the casual approach taken by some lab
supervisors, who simply put scan/disinfection tools on one of the lab
machines, without making sure

1) The machine is booted from a "clean" operating system
2) The user is aware of how to use the tools properly.

With this approach, virus victims would have to go to a special
station to be disinfected.

Peter Jones     MAINT@UQAM     (514)-987-3542
"Life's too short to try and fill up every minute of it" :-)