Disinfectant
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| - | '''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] | + | '''Disinfectant''' was an [[anti-virus]] application for the [[Macintosh]]. This was one of the longest-lasting programs for the Mac, lasting 9 years of releases ([[1988]]-[[1997]]) The last version was 3.7.1. |
== Retirement == | == Retirement == | ||
| - | Disinfectant was retired in 1998 by [[John Norstad]], citing the new danger posed by [[macro virus|macro viruses]], which Disinfectant did not detect, and the inability of | + | Disinfectant was retired in [[1998]] by [[John Norstad]], citing the new danger posed by [[macro virus|macro viruses]], which Disinfectant did not detect, and the inability of Norstad to write code for it to detect the macro viruses. |
[[Category:Macintosh software]] | [[Category:Macintosh software]] | ||
| - | [[Category:Anti-virus]] | + | [[Category:Anti-virus software]] |
Current revision as of 20:33, 1 December 2008
Disinfectant was an anti-virus application for the Macintosh. This was one of the longest-lasting programs for the Mac, lasting 9 years of releases (1988-1997) The last version was 3.7.1.
[edit] Retirement
Disinfectant was retired in 1998 by John Norstad, citing the new danger posed by macro viruses, which Disinfectant did not detect, and the inability of Norstad to write code for it to detect the macro viruses.
