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- Disinfectant 3.7.1 is a new release of our free anti-viral utility for the
- Macintosh. It is available at:
-
- <ftp://ftp.nwu.edu/pub/disinfectant/>
-
-
- 3.7.1 Release Notes (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.
-
-
- 3.7 Release Notes (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 files 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".
-
- --
- John Norstad
- Northwestern University
- j-norstad@nwu.edu