On 08/23/03 8:54 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/23/03 8:45 AM, "Beth Rosengard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul B., you recently sent me a post about Macs and viruses that included a >> Virex vs. NAV comparison. May I reprint it here? Or will you? > > I was corrected shortly thereafter that the very latest Norton (9?) now will > scan for Windows viruses. Since Norton can be set to work automatically to > scan your Downloads folder, or any other, it may be the best bet now. Virex > can't do that by itself, but John Welch recently mentioned that he can do > the same thing with Virex by setting up a Folder Action applescript on his > Downloads folder, which should be just as good. So I have no idea which > would be better, except that Norton 9 is probably easier to set up for those > who don't know how to write a folder action script. Stuffit (including the freeware Stuffit Expander) has a prefs option which will automatically sublaunch your preferred virus scanner program when a file is decoded and/or uncompressed. But the scan is not triggered when you download (or copy to your HD) a file that does not need Stuffit processing. -- Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
