Disinfectant (software)
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| Developer(s) | John Norstad at Northwestern University |
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| Initial release | March 18, 1989[1] |
| Last release | 3.7.1[2] / July 1997[2] |
| Development status | Discontinued[3][4] |
| Operating system | Mac OS |
| License | Freeware[3] |
| Website | {{ |
Disinfectant was a popular antivirus software program for the classic Macintosh operating system. It was originally released as freeware by John Norstad in the spring of 1989.[3] Disinfectant featured a system extension that would detect virus infections and an application with which users could scan for and remove viruses.[5] New versions of Disinfectant would be subsequently released to detect additional viruses.[5] Bob LeVitus praised and recommended Disinfectant in 1992.[6] In May 1998, Norstad retired Disinfectant, citing the new danger posed by macro viruses, which Disinfectant did not detect, and the inability of a single individual to maintain a program that caught all of them.[3][4]
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