Re: Macs - viruses

John Bromley (bromley@teleport.com)
Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:04:01 EST

>Someone told me recently that he hadn't heard of a Mac getting a virus in
>years. There are about 5 new viruses created every day.
>
>I'd like to hear from any Mac users who've had a virus on their computers
>and your experiences with antivirus software.
>
>Any problems with Disinfectant? How often do you update?
>
>For home use I have a PC, and got the Junkie virus from the internet.
>(I'm now running fprot)
>
>I put a Junkie-infected disk into a Mac and ran Disinfectant 3.5. It
>didn't find any virus. Viruses are platform specific then?

Viruses are very much platform specific. (BTW, you should upgrade to
Disinfectant 3.6.)

I have the Disinfectant init on each of our 25 Macs and "never" get a virus
on a hard disk. About once a month some kid brings a disk from home and
put it in a computer and it kicks it out and tells them that they have a
virus. Mostly WDEF virus that is removed by rebuilding the desktop.
Sometimes other viruses, removed by disinfectant. Disinfectant is great.

John

John Bromley, Computer Coordinator, Sam Barlow High School, 5105 SE 302nd
Ave, Gresham, OR 97080 (503) 663-4112 Fax (503) 663-7010
http://www.gresham.k12.or.us/ http://www.teleport.com/~bromley/
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