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åVersion History





• Disinfectant Version 3.7.1. July 9, 1997



Version 3.7.1 fixes an error which could sometimes cause crashes when

scanning very rare kinds of files while pass the new “more lenient”

check for damaged resource forks which was introduced in 3.7.



• Disinfectant Version 3.7. July 7, 1997



Version 3.7 detects a minor variation of the MBDF B virus which was

properly detected by the 3.6 INIT but not by the 3.6 application.



The Disinfectant manual now discusses the Microsoft macro virus

problem. The introductory text displayed in Disinfectant’s main window

warns that Disinfectant does not recognize the macro viruses and refers

the user to the manual for more details.



The “All Disks” command in the “Scan” menu has been changed to “All

Local Disks”. This command now only scans local disks, not network

AppleShare servers.



The “All Disks” command in the “Disinfect” menu has been changed to

“All Local Unlocked Disks”. This command now only disinfects local

unlocked disks, not network AppleShare servers or locked disks like

CD-ROMs or locked floppies.



If you want to scan or disinfect servers, scan or disinfect them

individually, or use the “Some Disks” commands in the “Scan” and

“Disinfect” menus.



In version 3.7, the check for damaged resource forks is more lenient.

Some very large resource files like the “Netscape Resources” file used in

Netscape Communicator strictly speaking violate Apple’s rules, but seem

to work OK in practice. Version 3.7 no longer considers these kinds of

files to be damaged.



This version fixes an error which could sometimes cause Disinfectant to

quit with a strange alert message. For example, in some very rare

circumstances, it could quit with the message “^0 is already open” when

scanning Photoshop. The alert message was supposed to be Disinfectant’s

“Out of memory” message.



We made a separate change to make it less likely that Disinfectant will fail

with the “Out of memory” alert. Also, the “Out of memory” alert

message has been expanded to give more information. It now tells you to

use the Finder’s “Get Info” command to give Disinfectant more memory

and try again. The “OK” button in this alert has been changed to “Quit”.





• Disinfectant Version 3.6. April 7, 1995



Version 3.6 detects another new clone of the nVIR B virus.



This version also lets you use the Finder’s “Get Info” command to

increase Disinfectant’s memory partition. This is needed because

programs with large CODE resources are becoming more common, and you

sometimes need to give Disinfectant more memory to scan them.



You can also now use the Finder’s “Get Info” command to give

Disinfectant a custom icon if you wish.





• Disinfectant Version 3.5. April 2, 1994



Version 3.5 detects the new “B” variant of the INIT 29 virus. See the

section on INIT 29 for details.





• Disinfectant Version 3.4.1. March 11, 1994



This version fixes an error which sometimes caused unexpected error

number -192 when scanning an enabler file under System 7.1.



The version 3.4 protection INIT incorrectly identified the new INIT 9403

virus using the wrong name for the virus. This error has been fixed.





• Disinfectant Version 3.4. March 3, 1994



Version 3.4 detects the new INIT 9403 virus. See the section on INIT

9403 for details.



Version 3.4 fixes an error which sometimes caused unexpected error

number -192 when scanning the active System file on Macs with System

7.1 and an enabler. Thanks to Larry Atkin and Werner Uhrig for helping

investigate and fix this error.





• Disinfectant Version 3.3. November 5, 1993



Version 3.3 detects the new CODE 1 virus and new B strain of the MBDF

virus. See the sections on the CODE 1 and MBDF viruses for details.



This version also includes a new color icon suite. Thanks to John Stein for

contributing the icons. If you don’t see the new color icons on your color

monitor, try rebuilding your desktop file.



Under System 7, the new version stores its preferences file inside the

Preferences folder instead of inside the System folder proper. The first

time you run the new version, it moves your old preferences file from the

System folder into the Preferences folder for you.



The new version also fixes an error which caused Disinfectant to crash on

very rare kinds of damaged resource files.



• Earlier versions.



3.2 - 4/21/93. INIT-M.

3.1 - 4/12/93. INIT 17.

3.0 - 2/24/93. T4-C strain, new CDEF variant.

2.9 - 7/4/92. T4.

2.8 - 4/19/92. CODE 252.

2.7.1 - 3/25/92. Fix error in 2.7.

2.7 - 2/23/92. INIT 1984.

2.6 - 2/22/92. MBDF.

2.5.1 - 7/7/91. Fix error in 2.5 INIT.

2.5 - 6/28/91. ZUC C and MDEF D.

2.4 - 12/3/90. ZUC B.

2.3 - 10/23/90. MDEF C.

2.2 - 10/2/90. ANTI B.

2.1 - 8/18/90. MDEF B and CDEF.

2.0 - 7/8/90. Major new release with many new features. Also Frankie.

1.8 - 5/20/90. MDEF.

1.7 - 4/2/90. ZUC.

1.6 - 1/30/90. Generic nVIR clones.

1.5 - 12/14/89. WDEF B.

1.4 - 12/8/89. WDEF A.

1.3 - 11/29/89. nVIR B clone.

1.2 - 8/4/89. nVIR B clone.

1.1 - 4/16/89. nVIR B clone.

1.0 - 3/19/89. First release. Scores, nVIR, INIT 29, MacMag, ANTI.