> Nor does it perform any repair on files. Of course, repair
> isn't always successful, but it typically is in Office macro
> viruses, which we *so* see often on the Mac (even in the
> simple role of being carriers)....and that's important for
> typical end users.

Interesting. The Mac/macro issue was one of the major factors in dragging me
into antivirus and security research and writing in the 1990s, but having
been out of direct Mac support for a while, I hadn't realized it was still a
significant problem, given the general decline in macro virus activity and
Office's improved security settings.

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David Harley
http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk

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