..................................................By Don Knox
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When Gary (our newsletter editor) was conducting a beginner's class a few months ago, and talked about viruses, one person ran "Disinfectant" on his own system and found several infected files. I suppose that, in terms of the number of infections, viruses are not a major problem. But, when your programs are infected, you do have a problem.
(That is similar to employment statistics: There is no problem so long as I am employed.)
The virus detection and removal programs, listed above, are available and (mostly) free.
Use them!
If you find yourself infected you have only yourself to blame.
EXCEL
I was introduced to EXCEL (1.5) by the person who sold me on the idea of getting my very own Macintosh. Brief use of this program, and use of µSoft Word, completed the sales job. I bought a reconditioned 512KE and had it upgraded (by our own Dave Beginski, who does EXCELlent work) to 2mb, a fan, and a SCSI port to which I connected a 20mb disk (a lifetime supply, right?).
(Let me say here: I have not used WINGZ or any other of EXCEL's competitors. What follows is my experience with EXCEL.)
Not long after this purchase I found myself as the treasurer of an inter-Church committee formed to pay our shared, part-time minister. (I still
don't remember volunteering for that job.) Setting up "the
books" on that was a memorable experience; I can't imagine how
it was done before computers. Even with EXCEL & the Mac, it was
