Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: HUUSKONEN@hylka.Helsinki.FI (TANELI HUUSKONEN, DEPT MATH, HELSINKI, FI) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Write-protecting Disinfectant (Mac) (Was Re: disinfecting nVIR... Message-ID: <0011.8909251230.AA29228@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 22 Sep 89 12:29:31 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion ListLines: 16 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu In article <0008.8909211142.AA16502@ge.sei.cmu.edu>, chinet!henry@att.att.com w rites: >> When you finally get Disinfectant, and de-Binhex it and >> de-Stuffit, make sure the diskette you keep it on is >> write-protected!!! This is very important; a virus cannot infect >> an application on a write-protected diskette! > > This is a good idea, but not entirely necessary with Disinfectant. > Disinfectant is resistant to all currently known viruses and will > refuse to run if it has been changed in any way. ... Two objections: 1) You need to get a new copy of Disinfectant if a virus attacks it and makes it refuse to run. 2) Someone _may_ write a Disinfectant-specific virus that prevents it from checking itself and from noticing the virus.