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  • Re: Where to get Virex 7.2.1

    From Sally Shears@SallyShears@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 00:19:32
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <44304f7e$1_1@news.cybersurf.net>, Richard Tomkins <tomkinsr@istop.com> wrote:

    DO A WEB SEARCH WITH THE TERM, virex!

    sheesh.

    You try it, Richard. This was part of Apple dot-mac offering, but when
    Apple stopped including Virex, it disappeared from the servers.

    Sheesh youself.

    -- Sally

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    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    SallyShears@gmail.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    SallyShears (at) gmail (dot) com
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  • From Sally Shears@SallyShears@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 00:22:42
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144049432.965682.295150@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, <mgill3@mac.com> wrote:

    I wouldn't worry too much about virus software, since there are no mac virus's. If you're running it with a windows network, you may want it
    just to catch things passing through, it may at least help keep track
    of what's being sent where, and by what computer. A more updated
    solution would be Symantec Norton Anti-Virus for Mac.

    mmgill3 and (later) tacit, I appreciate your advice, but I really am
    looking for Virex 7.2.1 installer.

    It was included in the dot-mac offering, I use it to check for macro
    viruses in MS Office files from time to time, and I want to keep using
    it. Now I need the installer, but I've mislaid it.

    Can anyone point me here (or privately) to an installer for Virex 7.2.1?

    TIA.

    -- Sally

    --
    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    SallyShears@gmail.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    SallyShears (at) gmail (dot) com
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  • From Richard Tomkins@tomkinsr@istop.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 10:21:35
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    My first hit with Google is McAfee.

    Virex is produced by McAfee.

    If McAfee no longer have 7.2.1 available it is for the reason that they have finally fixed various bugs that they had let languish in the program for
    many years.

    Two bugs that immediately come to mind with that version were, it interfered with Sleep and prevented Macintosh systems running OS X from sleeping. The second bug was that updates took forever to start and then download.

    In a nutshell, you may want Virex, but you do not want an older version like 7.2.1.

    So, sheesh, there you have it, in a nutshell.



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  • From Sally Shears@SallyShears@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:54:37
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <44367571_1@news.cybersurf.net>, Richard Tomkins <tomkinsr@istop.com> wrote:

    If McAfee no longer have 7.2.1 available it is for the reason that they have finally fixed various bugs that they had let languish in the program for
    many years.
    ...snip...
    In a nutshell, you may want Virex, but you do not want an older version like 7.2.1.

    Richard, I appreciate this response.

    But story goes a little deeper. The later versions are incompatible
    with Tiger. Apple's statement on .mac is "Virex 7.2.1 is compatible
    with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. Virex 7.5.1 is only compatible with Mac OS X
    version 10.1.5 through 10.3.9." (at mac.com, Member Center, Virex DAT files...)

    I'm happily running Virex 7.2.1 on a Tiger machine and want to put it
    on another Tiger machine, but mislaid the installer. I run it myself,
    from time to time, to check a specific file as I download it, I don't
    leave Virex running in the background. For this use, I think Virex
    7.2.1 works just fine.

    Again, can anyone help me get the installer for Virex 7.2.1

    TIA.

    -- Sally

    --
    Sally Shears (a.k.a. "Molly")
    SallyShears@gmail.com -or- Sally@Shears.org
    SallyShears (at) gmail (dot) com
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  • From mike@mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 08:48:19
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Sally Shears <SallyShears@gmail.com> wrote:

    But story goes a little deeper. The later versions are incompatible
    with Tiger. Apple's statement on .mac is "Virex 7.2.1 is compatible
    with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. Virex 7.5.1 is only compatible with Mac OS X version 10.1.5 through 10.3.9." (at mac.com, Member Center, Virex DAT files...)

    Apple says that a _newer_ version of Virex is only compatible with
    _older_ Mac OS versions???? Be that as it may, McAfee says the current
    version of Virex, 7.7, is compatible with 10.2.6 through "10.4 or
    later."

    <http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/anti_virus/file_servers_de sktops/virex.html>

    --
    Mike Rosenberg
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  • From Derek Currie@derekcurrie@mac.com.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 03:36:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1hdzdc0.agpvjq1hvy7ewN%mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid>,
    mike@POSTTOGROUP.invalid (Mike Rosenberg) wrote:

    Sally Shears <SallyShears@gmail.com> wrote:

    But story goes a little deeper. The later versions are incompatible
    with Tiger. Apple's statement on .mac is "Virex 7.2.1 is compatible
    with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. Virex 7.5.1 is only compatible with Mac OS X version 10.1.5 through 10.3.9." (at mac.com, Member Center, Virex DAT files...)

    Apple says that a _newer_ version of Virex is only compatible with
    _older_ Mac OS versions???? Be that as it may, McAfee says the current version of Virex, 7.7, is compatible with 10.2.6 through "10.4 or
    later."

    <http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/anti_virus/file_servers_de sktops/virex.html>

    Indeed. You can buy the newest version of Virex from McAfee to gain functionality with 10.4.x. Unfortunately, for reasons I cannot
    comprehend, McAfee insist upon selling Virex in lots of five (5) ONLY. I
    have written to them and asked for other options. They kindly wrote back
    that there are not going to be any other options. You buy five or none.

    Apple offered Virex v7.2.1 for free to .Mac members.

    So, Sally, (*no one else please!). If you were indeed a member of .Mac
    and this is how you obtained Virex v7.2.1, then I see no reason I could
    not help you out and send you a copy of the installer to replace the one
    you lost. I have it in my backup sets.

    Bounce back to me using my email address listed in this note's headers,
    minus the '.invalid' stuff.

    :-Derek

    --
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    Frederick Brooks: I happily use a Macintosh. It's not been equalled for ease of use, and I want my computer to be a tool, not a challenge. <http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363107/> [Frederick Brooks is the author of 'The Mythical Man Month'. He spearheaded the movement to modernize computer software engineering in 1975]
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