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Article: Virus killers: Macworld Lab tests virus software and survives. (reviews of four antiviral products) (includes related articles on antivirus performance factors and top-rated products) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
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- Macworld
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- July 1, 1994
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Macintosh users ignore computer viruses at their peril. Viruses can cause irreparable damage to the system or destroy megabytes of data. Fortunately, unlike their biological namesakes, computer viruses are relatively easy and painless to control. With a leading virus-protection software program, it takes only a few minutes a day to remain virus-free.
Macworld Lab tested four antiviral products--the freeware application Disinfectant, Central Point Software's MacTools ($149.95), Symantec's Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh (SAM, $99), and Virex ($99.95) from Datawatch--against every Macintosh virus known at the time of testing, 52 in all. We also looked at each ...