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information on GateKeeper, see the section titled ΓÇ£Other Virus ToolsΓÇ¥.
An alternative to Vaccine is the GateKeeper INIT/cdev. For more
button.
Control Panel, click on the Vaccine icon, and click on the Instructions
You should read VaccineΓÇÖs online instructions for more details. Open the
Disinfectant to check the program for infection.
resource is being added, deny the permission, quit the program, and use
ΓÇ£DeniedΓÇ¥ button to deny permission. If you do not understand why the
file. Click on the ΓÇ£GrantedΓÇ¥ button to grant permission, or click on the
you may see a dialog asking you for permission to ΓÇ£add a resourceΓÇ¥ to a
Vaccine watches for suspicious attempts to modify files. In some cases,
the software on that Mac.
infected, and if you eventually find an unprotected Mac, you will infect
Mac to Mac trying to find one on which it will run. If the program is
program for infection. Whatever you do, do not take the program from
new program might be infected by a virus. Use Disinfectant to check the
it bombs or hangs immediately when you try to run it, this means that the
will have to restart in either case. Thus, if you obtain a new program and
Vaccine will block the attack, and your Mac will either bomb or hang. You
If you try to run an infected program on a Vaccine-protected system,
option is enabled.
MPW INITsΓÇ¥ option. Both INIT 29 and ANTI can infect your system if this
IMPORTANT: For the best protection, do not select the ΓÇ£Always compile
viruses.
Vaccine does not offer perfect protection against all possible future
this document. As with Disinfectant and all other virus tools, however,
your software to become infected with any of the viruses discussed in
not check the ΓÇ£Always compile MPW INITsΓÇ¥ option, it is impossible for
infected, you leave Vaccine installed and turned on all the time and you do
Your Mac is now protected. As long as your system was not previously
the instructions is an exception.
floppies that you use as start-up disks. The virus tools disk described in
You should also install copies of Vaccine in the system folders of any
the two middle ones are not checked. Then restart your Mac.
boxes. Make certain that the top and bottom boxes are checked, and that
labeled ΓÇ£VaccineΓÇ¥ and click on it. You will see a column of four check
the Control Panel desk accessory. Find the icon of a hypodermic needle
To install Vaccine, drag a copy of it into your system folder. Then open
installing Vaccine, to be certain that your software is uninfected.
We recommend performing a Disinfectant scan immediately before
archive, commercial online service, or store.
be available from your favorite user group, bulletin board, Internet
was written by Don Brown of CE Software, and it is free. Vaccine should
Vaccine is the single most important virus-fighting tool you can use. It
use the Vaccine control panel document (INIT/cdev).
locate and repair previously infected software. For protection, you should
Disinfectant will not protect your software against infectionΓÇöit will only
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Vaccine