Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!yale!slb-sdr!shulman
From: shulman@slb-sdr.UUCP (Jeff Shulman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: The return of the SCORES virus (we got bit by it)
Keywords: need info about it, how it works, etc
Message-ID: <509@slb-sdr.UUCP>
Date: 14 Aug 88 13:59:49 GMT
References: <4423@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: shulman@slb-sdr.UUCP (Jeff Shulman)
Organization: Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield CT
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I must remind you that the purpose of VirusDetective is to *detect* known
viruses, *not* to delete them.  Deleting a single resource (which VD will
offer to do) does not eradicate all viruses (like Scores).  VD *does* warn
you to this effect.  VD's original purpose was to help me detect files that
were downloaded from various places for viruses *before* they were run and/or
made available to others.

Also, VD does not look for *possible* viruses but ONLY those resources it is
told about.  It does what it is supposed to do VERY fast and VERY efficient.
It is also usable just to find resources and files of a certain type/creator.
It can be modified by anyone easily to change its search criteria.  You do
not have to find another program to detect yet another virus.

BTW, I was toying with the idea to add scripting capabilities to remove
viruses but so far nobody seems to want that nor do I have the incentive to
do so over my other projects.

                                                        Jeff
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