Disinfectant - Revision history

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-	'''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] ~~software~~ for the [[Macintosh]]. The last version was 3.7.1 ~~in [[1997]]~~.	+	'''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 ~~a single individual~~ to ~~possibly maintain a program that caught all of them~~.	+	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 software]]		[[Category:Anti-virus software]]

Admin at 18:04, 5 April 2008

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-	'''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] software for the [[Macintosh]]. The last version was 3.7.1 in 1997.	+	'''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] software for the [[Macintosh]]. The last version was 3.7.1 in [[1997]].

	== 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 a single individual to possibly maintain a program that caught all of them.	+	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 a single individual to possibly maintain a program that caught all of them.

	[[Category:Macintosh software]]		[[Category:Macintosh software]]
	[[Category:Anti-virus software]]		[[Category:Anti-virus software]]

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	== Retirement ==		== 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 a single individual to possibly maintain a program that caught all of them.	+	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 a single individual to possibly maintain a program that caught all of them.

	[[Category:Macintosh software]]		[[Category:Macintosh software]]
	[[Category:Anti-virus]]		[[Category:Anti-virus]]

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Admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:17:00 GMT

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	'''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] software for the [[Macintosh]]. The last version was 3.7.1 in 1997.		'''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] software for the [[Macintosh]]. The last version was 3.7.1 in 1997.

Admin at 22:58, 3 April 2008

Admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:58:08 GMT

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'''Disinfectant''' was [[anti-virus]] software for the [[Macintosh]]. The last version was 3.7.1 in 1997.

== 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 a single individual to possibly maintain a program that caught all of them.

[[Category:Macintosh software]]
[[Category:Anti-virus]]