Disinfectant

Author: John Norstad
Category: Antivirus , Utilities
Shared by: MR
On: 2014-04-14 23:01:30
Updated by: MR
On: 2023-12-23 16:30:23
Other contributors: InkBlot , macca , that-ben , CJ , colinetsegers
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What is Disinfectant?

Free antivirus for old Macs, retired in 1998. Some Mac users, a minority, who do not

use Microsoft Word 6 or Excel 5 or later versions, may still find Disinfectant useful.


If you suspect that you’ve caught a virus, you can use Disinfectant to scan your hard drive, find the evil intruders, kill them, repair the corrupted files, and then set up a security system to ward off future attacks. Disinfectant also works on floppy disks, which is a real boon to anyone still using the mini storage devices. The program is one-dick easy, and the documentation is clear and concise, though hardly necessary.

Echler, Nikki, Reynolds, David, & Turner, Daniel Drew. (October 1997). The Top 50 Shareware Programs. MacAddict. (pg. 40).


Download Disinfectant for Mac

(346.5 KiB / 354.82 KB)
Disinfectant v3.7.1 for System 6.x to 7.x (1997) / Binary encoded, use Stuffit Expander
306 / 2014-04-14 / 2019-01-10 / 71e2c9747d85f520974b5098140fec9cacd75506 / /
(212.85 KiB / 217.96 KB)
Disinfectant v3.4.1 for System 3.x to 5.x / BinHex'd, use Stuffit Expander
28 / 2018-06-07 / 06f110ee3dc572abcc70d380f762d031efd2796f / /
(146.19 KiB / 149.7 KB)
Disinfectant v3.6 (1995) / compressed w/ Stuffit
32 / 2019-03-06 / 6c62e00966c1c539d0c2c68c5fbcc97c2bc659d3 / /
(56.78 KiB / 58.15 KB)
Disinfectant v1.5 (1989) / compressed w/ Stuffit
15 / 2019-01-10 / dcb7bfe77c16535918e1a15065f4f3f1ff55cd6d / /
(71.46 KiB / 73.17 KB)
Disinfectant v1.2 (1989) / BinHex'd, use Stuffit Expander
11 / 2019-02-18 / ba8266be810af44b794a577d534b0e7bfc02ea59 / /
(56.97 KiB / 58.33 KB)
Disinfectant v1.6 (1990) / compressed w/ Stuffit
4 / 2022-01-13 / 2022-01-13 / 4b273d5078b399107d9cc23d0438731039cee9ab / /
(85.3 KiB / 87.35 KB)
4 / 2021-11-12 / 5918f8220ece9f515f7297bc9883d8bc1d495f7d / /
(135.35 KiB / 138.6 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
10 / 2021-11-12 / 51c5bb51328ad3927e8ffebb117fc381939637d0 / /
(146.66 KiB / 150.18 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
3 / 2021-11-12 / 29af58e209a2d2b43c3df73bfec377637cb8fb26 / /
(147.29 KiB / 150.83 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
10 / 2021-11-12 / c16147c15a20374e986185a87fd2b361b07d00ab / /
(147.88 KiB / 151.43 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
2 / 2023-01-07 / d3728912b5402862ff5b29dbd2b68a57f3884603 / /
(147.23 KiB / 150.76 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
2 / 2023-01-07 / 7386d2d7aa713c081687c16afdc7acb54a16a15c / /
(143.16 KiB / 146.6 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
2 / 2023-01-07 / 18545c28c20b08bc80033e5dd8835e5cac5d53f8 / /
(54.01 KiB / 55.31 KB)
/ compressed w/ Stuffit
3 / 2023-12-23 / 3c5a5577809671cee34246e65a1dfb4a44e7c2ed / /


Architecture


Motorola 68K



System Requirements

From Mac OS 6.0 up to Mac OS 9.2





Compatibility notes

Architecture: 68K

Mac OS 6.x - Mac OS 9.2.2

Important: Disinfectant is very old and does not scan inside archives such as .sit or .zip and it does not support scanning Word/Excel macros.  So consider using Virex instead on any Mac OS 7.5 to Mac OS 9.2.2 system.

 

 


Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver





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