thanks everybody who has contributed.

application has in many ways become a community project. The author

supplied error reports, comments, and suggestions for features. The

Since the initial release of Disinfectant, many hundreds of users have



have produced individually.

The result is an application which is much better than any one of us could

This involves the exchange of many hundreds of electronic mail messages.

to the working group and they reply with error reports, suggestions, etc.

Internet. I send development and beta releases and technical design notes

Disinfectant is an example of cooperative software development over the



code, but I could not have written the application without their help.

copies of the viruses for testing, and analyze the viruses. I wrote all the

enthusiasts helped design and test Disinfectant, edit the document, locate

This international group of Macintosh virus experts, programmers and



endorse or support Disinfectant.

above, this in no way implies that those companies or universities

Please note that although we have included company and university names



Ephraim Vishniac, Thinking Machines Corporation (TMC)

Werner Uhrig, University of Texas

David Spector, New York University

Stephan Somogyi, MacUser

Dan Schwendener, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich

Art Schumer, Microsoft Corporation

Leonard Rosenthol, Software Ventures Corporation

Dave Platt, Coherent Thought Inc.

Lance Nakata, Stanford University

James Macak, The Double Click Macintosh Users Group, Milwaukee

Albert Lunde, Northwestern University

Bill Lipa, Stanford University

Robert Lentz, Northwestern University

Joel Levin, BBN Communications Corporation

Tim Krauskopf, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Bob Hablutzel

Amsterdam

Chris Borton, Faculteit Wiskunde & Informatica, Universiteit van

Wade Blomgren, University of California, San Diego

Mark Anbinder, BAKA Computers, Inc.



With thanks to:



assistance.

Follow the advice contained in that section before asking me for

detect, please read the section in this document titled “Problem Clinic.”

If you think that you might have a new virus which Disinfectant does not



do not know.

over the phone and I cannot return long distance phone calls from people I

Please do not try to call me. I do not have the time to do free consulting



include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you expect a reply.

correspondence. If you send me a letter through the regular mail, please

I enjoy getting mail, especially electronic mail, and I invite your



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John Norstad








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