1. How you can get Disinfectant
2. How to use Disinfectant
3. How to get additional help

Disinfectant is a Macintosh application that will remove viruses from your disks and protect your Mac from infections. Viruses are pieces of code that attach themselves to programs and files and replicate themselves each time the program is used. While most Macintosh viruses do not intentionally cause damage, their presence uses up memory and can cause other problems such as system crashes.

How you can get Disinfectant

Walk to any CIRCA lab and copy (drag) the Disinfectant file to your diskette. Disinfectant is found on the Lab Software volume in the Macintosh folder. Folks on UFNET can copy it from the PANDA server in the CIRCA II zone. Disinfectant is updated whenever new viruses are discovered. The disinfectant icon looks like this:

How to use Disinfectant

Disinfectant contains excellent built-in help. Help is also available from the UF Computing Help Desk , E520 CSE, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; the phone number is 392-HELP. Consulting for faculty and A&P personnel is also available at the UF Faculty Support Center, 2215 Turlington Hall, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; the phone number is 392-7249.