From: bmunday@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 13:51:40 EDT Subject: Disinfectant: A Toast (Summary) To the moderators: This is a summary of the two files in the \info-mac\vir\ subdirectory entitled "a-toast-to-disinfectant.txt" and "a-toast-to-disinfectant-pt4.txt". It combines the two files into one, and I have also removed a lot of padding with spaces that somehow crept into the subfiles. As a result, this file is only 48k while the two subfiles total 72k. This should reduce (a little bit, at least) the required disk space. Please remove the two older files for me. Thank you. To everyone else: This is a complete summary of the 95 messages I received in response to my request for messages thanking John Norstad and all the other folks who have helped with Disinfectant over the years. Thanks to everyone who wrote; John sent me his thanks for the mailing, which I pass on to all of you. Please, no more mail to me; if you would like to add your thanks, go ahead and tell John Norstad yourself. Thanks. Subject: DISINFECTANT: A TOAST (Summary) To John Norstad and everyone else who has helped to write and maintain Disinfectant: I wanted to publicly acknowledge your work, and to thank you for all you've done with Disinfectant since you first jumped into the fray. So, I sent the following letter to the Info-Mac bulletin board, at Stanford. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I've been thinking lately about the Macintosh virus protection freeware >program Disinfectant; you know, for all the work that has been done developing >and updating that program, I've never seen anything publicly thanking John >Norstad and company for all their effort. I had the occasion to contact John >once, and was pleasantly surprised at the quick, concise and very friendly >answer. > So with that in mind, I would like to propose a sort of internet-toast to >John Norstad. If you use Disinfectant, have been saved from certain hard >drive hell by its use, if you've appreciated the fact that it's the best virus >program out there, and free besides, if you've contacted John and received a >courteous reply, or if you just have something nice to say about him, then do >the following: > >Send to MY address a BRIEF message thanking him (or anyone else who has >helped) for his work. Please include your email address in the text of the >message. > >For my part, I will wait no more than ONE week and send to John a compilation >of all of those messages. The text of your message will be included (it >better be printable. No flames, please). I will also send a copy to >Info-mac, so we can PUBLICLY let him know he's appreciated. If it ain't nice, >don't expect to see it included. This is a THANK YOU only. > Please don't flood HIS mailbox; I'm offering to do the work so he won't >have to wade thru a ton of email. > >Come on, folks; I hope I can get at least 50 messages. Let's do it! > >Brandon Munday >bmunday@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... and I received the following messages in reply. I have compiled them and offer this community "Thank You" from all of us on Info-Mac for your work. =======================Thanks, John et al!============================= 1-------------------------------------------------------------------------- A toast to John Norstad for single handedly frustrating the wackos who generate viruses to hurt other people. Without your efforts, I feel that viruses would become a plague. The way you rapidly respond is incredible. If it were up to the commercial community, a virus would negatively affect a lot of people before the fix ever came out. Thank you for "solving" what I always considered to be an unsolvable problem. -peck@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to join to thank the author of Disinfectant because I have been using it for a few years by now and never been annoyed by viruses. -Bernard Celerier -CNRS - Universite de Montpellier II -bernard@dstu.univ-montp2.fr 3-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the *best* thing about John is that he looks at what he does as a mission. He uses the power of the medium to beat virus writers at their own game. The fact that he views virus eradication as a public responsibility (and the fact that SAM's updates never seem to install properly lately) and doesn't charge for his efforts makes him even more worthy of the accolades. -David Lawrence -oltdavid@aol.com 4-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for a great program. Your efforts (and those of any who helped you) are greatly appreciated by all in our lab. And the price is soooo reasonable!!!!!!!!! -Stacey Donahue -stacey@csmil.umich.edu 5-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Absolutely. Disinfectant is one of the best examples of altruism I know of. I very much appreciate the work John N. has gone to in keeping Disinfectant up-to-date not to mention making the program freely available in the first place. His efforts have saved users untold amounts of money and time (perhaps millions of $?). THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!! -Michael W. Fleming, Instructional Computing Consultant, Computer Services -California State University -mfleming@academic.csubak.edu 6-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear John, Thank you for Disinfectant and your excellent work (days and nights and days of hard work and support !). I really appreciate your contribution to Mac Universe and your support of thousands and thousands users, working (safely !) with disinfectant. If internet is the ultimate expression of democracy, you are certainly the best exemple (or model) of citizen of the XXIth century ! (with moderators of Info-Mac and so many others !). Thanks, -Benoit LIPS (Belgium) -lips@pcpm.ucl.ac.be 7-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short, simple, and to the point- John, you have saved me from 3 viruses. Not to mention the well written source you have made available, not only >From Disinfectant, but also Newswatcher. Folks like you give me hope. Thanks. -jamie -jamiel@sybase.com 8-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sending a quick note of thanks for all the great contributions you've made to the Mac community. I know that you've been recognized on a number of occasions for all your fine efforts, but I've never sent a note myself, and Brandon's post convinced me that it's high time I did. So, thanks for all your time and efforts. They are genuinely appreciated. Best wishes, -Bill -William P. Krauthammer -f2ehg786@umiami.ir.miami.edu 9-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for keeping a wonderful program up to date. It gets installed right after the system software. I wouldn't connect to the net without Disinfectant. -Patrick Weaver, US Naval Air Warfare Center -weaver@sherlock.chinalake.navy.mil 10------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've always used disinfectant and I haven't had a virus problem in years. This idea of a collective thank you is terrific and I am happy to participate. Not to defuse the focus on disinfectant, but I also use and like/love MacTCP Switcher, which I think John also wrote, so thanks twice! -Chuck Bouldin -Naval Research Lab -bouldin@anvil.nrl.navy.mil 11------------------------------------------------------------------------- I certainly don't want to flood his mailbox, but I completely agree that Disinfectant is superb. If there were a top 10 list of best mac software of all time, I would expect Disinfectant to be on it. The mac world owes John Norstad and his colleagues a big round of thanks for their marvelous work. -Steve Strassmann, PhD -Apple Computer -straz@apple.com 12------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's better than alcohol, lysol, betadine, merthiolate, and Bactine?? DISINFECTANT!! THANKS JOHN NORSTAD! A name to go down in the Macintosh Hall of Fame. -Bill Yates -wyates@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil -wtayes@aol.com 13------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear John and crew: Many thanks from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax Nova Scotia for the three years of virus-free driving! Cheers! -Michael LeBlanc, mleblanc@husky1.stmarys.ca -Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3J6 14------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Come on, folks; I hope I can get at least 50 messages. Let's do it! I think you got the decimal point too far to the left. 499 to go. It won't take long! John Norstad's contribution to the Mac community cannot be praised highly enough. His unselfish devotion to the eradication of viral infections places him in a class with few peers. We may disagree on API details, but the discussions are never disagreeable. Thanks, John! And may your attitude be cloned many thousand times. -Richard Wackerbarth -ifzd321@mcl.cc.utexas.edu 15------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, What you do with keeping disinfectant current and trouble free is a great service to the macintosh community. Everyone knows that commercial software of this type is available, but your freeware contribution speaks highly of the pioineering spirit that makes the shareware concept a truely unique one in the world of personal computers. Users who purchase commercial software without taking the time to explore the world around them are missing out on the plethora of software offerings that are available for free or a small fee on the Mac. Fine software such as yours encourages more people to venture from the safe haven of the local software store and explore the wonders of the shareware system. Thanks for doing such a professional job and keeping shareware alive. -Anthony Trippe -ajtrippe@aol.com 16------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many thanks to John for all the wonderful work he's done. In the PowerPC demo Apple gave on campus today, they verified that John will continue to develop Disinfectant for the PowerPC, which makes me far more comfortable upgrading. (And Apple knows it.) -Darrah Chavey Department of Math & Computer Science -chavey@beloit.edu Beloit College; 700 College St; Beloit, Wisc. -(608)-363-2220 fax: (608)-363-2052 53511 17------------------------------------------------------------------------- My thanks to John and all the folks who have helped him keep Disinfectant up to date. Definitely one of the greater contributions to the Mac community. -Dave Bachmann -Austin, TX -dave@bachmann.com 18------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear John, I want to thank you for your EXCELLENT work you've done creating Disinfectant! I am not speaking just for myself: we are with over hundred HAPPY Disinfectant users here. We all hope you are able to continue what you have done until now: keeping Disinfectant very up-to-date. Thanks again, -Nico Bakker, System Manager -Faculty of Chemistry -Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam -E-mail: bakker@chem.vu.nl 19------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for a great utility. -Michael Choo -M.Choo@mya0101.wins.icl.co.uk -ICL Malaysia 20------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message to thank John Norstad; here you are! -Jean-Francois Sygnet -Institut d'Astrophysique -98 bis Bvd Arago, 75014 Paris, France -Tel : 33 (1) 43 20 14 25 -Fax : 33 (1) 43 29 86 73 -E-mail: sygnet@iap.fr 21------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many Thanks for this FABULOUS freeware Here at the lab, about 50 Macs equipped with Disinfectant. -Christian Guidi-Morosini -guidi@lmcp.jussieu.fr -Lab. Mineralogie-Cristallographie -Universite P. & M. Curie -4, Place Jussieu F-75252 Paris cedex 05 22------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: John Norstad, the virus killer. * Thank you John: you saved my disks infected by INIT9403. Many many thanks from all Italian Macintosh users. * -Carlo Giunchi -giunchi@ibogfs.df.unibo.it 23------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! On the behalf of my Department, as (undeserving) Mac system manager I'm glad to join in this toast to Disinfectant people. We have it installed and never had infections (although we have students, and professors as well, working in many departments) So I enthusiastically seize the opportunity to thank the programmers of Disinfectant!!!! TTTTTTT H H A N N K K SSSSS T H H A A NN N K K S T H H A A N N N KK SSSSS T HHHHH AAAAAAA N NN K K S T H H A A N N K K S T H H A A N N K K SSSSS -Maura Cerioli -DISI - Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione -Viale Benedetto XV, 3 -16132 Genova -ITALY -cerioli@rose.disi.unige.it 24------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Come on, folks; I hope I can get at least 50 messages... 50? I'd hope you'd get 500! The entire Macintosh community owes Mr. Norstad and his collaborators a vote of thanks for their work over the past 5 years. -Terry Maloney -jcbabin@grics.edupac.ca 25------------------------------------------------------------------------- I couldn't agree more! My thanks to John; for making me feel safe and secure without asking for a thing in return... truly a Mac community Guardian Angel! -Dan Hofferth -iedh1@agt.gmeds.com -(317)230-4791 -Allison Engine Company 26------------------------------------------------------------------------- The creators of Disinfectant have to be very unusual folks. I have appreciated their selflessness in their support of the best anti-virus program to hit the HDs. It is a comfort to know that we are protected by the very best. I salute you! -Joe Reed * Direct 915/567-3238* -Coordinator of Technology * Switchboard 915/563-2380* -Region 18 Education Service Center * FAX 915/567-3290* -P.O. Box 60580 * * -Midland, Texas 79711-0580 * jdr@tenet.edu* 27------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for all your effort in developing Disinfecant and graciously sharing it with the Macintosh community. The cancer researchers here at the Mass. General Hospital would like to thank you for letting us concentrate more on our work than on viruses!! -Larry Baxter -baxter@rocky.mgh.harvard.edu 28------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I first got a Mac my son "borrowed" some software from a friend. Next thing I knew, we were experiencing random problems. I took a copy of Disinfectant out of the "Public software" folder at work, ran it had home, and have had no further problems. We passed it along to my son's friend and he has also cleaned up his act. Much gratitude to John for the program and to the net that makes it and subsequent updates so easily available. -Alan Crosman -acrosman@acc.haverford.edu -Haverford College 29------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, I have been part of the Mac community long enough to know that you have already had a lot of positive kudos from your Disinfectant work. Anyway, since this is being coordinated by Brandon: ------- THANKS TO YOU, I HAVE NEVER (IN 6 YEARS mac'ing) BEEN HIT BY A VIRUS. And I am sure that I am one of thousands. Thanks again. -Peter Kay, School of Information Sciences, (tel. no. 0707 284 358) -University of Hertfordshire, UK, AL10 9AB -P.Kay@herts.ac.uk 30------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for all the work you do in providing Disinfectant to the Macintosh community. I must say that I use it religiously on everything I download and on new vendor software. I haven't had an infection yet. I also refer other users at Fermilab to Disinfectant and know of several cases where this has prevented their systems from being infected! Once again, thanks! -Dr. Frank J. Nagy "VMS Wizard, Loose Cannon" -Fermilab Computing Division/Operating Systems Support Dept -VMS Systems Support group leader and Associate Dept. Head -HEPnet/SPAN: FNDCD::NAGY (43123::NAGY) or FNAL::NAGY (43009::NAGY) -Internet: NAGY@FNAL.GOV = BitNet: NAGY@FNAL - -or- NAGY@FNDCD.FNAL.GOV -or- NAGY@FNDCD -USmail: Fermilab POB 500 MS/234 Batavia, IL 60510 31------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hear, hear, hear, lets hear it for John Norstad and Disinfectant. John's thoughtfullness and timeliness are very much appreciated from this quarter. Thank You, John!! -Bill Powers -GTE Government Systems -(415) 966-2757 fax: (415) 966-3401 -powers@gtewd.mtv.gtegsc.com 32------------------------------------------------------------------------- A very appropriate toast! Disinfectant quietly, carefully, consistently makes the world a better place for Macintosh users. Kudos to its author! -Chris Pax -chris@telecnnct.com 33------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to thank John Norstad on behalf of the many Mac users here at my state agency who benefit from his Disinfectant software. His program rivals commercial software in quality and he could well charge a substantial shareware fee. As freeware, his program is essential to many of us in government agencies who have very limited budgets for software. His efforts are greatly appreciated. -Allan Williams -williams@sunny.health.state.mn.us 34------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the idea of a toast is great- I would expect you'll get many more than 50 replies too. Please add my thanks to those of everyone else. Regards, -Ralph Buckley Operations Bridge Technical Support -BUCKLR at CROVM4 / GBIBMZGZ at IBMMAIL Systems Service Delivery -Ralph@vnet.ibm.com PO BOX 41, North Harbour - PORTSMOUTH, Hampshire -Int:(7)255504 / Ext:(0705) 565504 UK, PO6 3AU. 35------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: John Norstad Thanking John Norstad gives me great pleasure. Throughout my years as a dedicated Macintosh user, John has worked often silently behind the scences providing the best in virus protection. Many people have come and gone and come again to the computer world. But Disinfectant has always been on the top, ensuring the safety of my data and files. The program works! In the highly virus-prone academic world, I have used Disinfectant's capabilities often. Once, it saved my computer only minutes before a deadline on a project worth over a hundred thousand US dollars. John proves that you "can get a lot for nothing." I am continuously impressed with the speed at which new versions are distributed and made available. Indeed, there are more people to thank, all the supporters of Disinfectant who help. Certainly we can give most of the credit to John, whose name shall live eternally in computer world, across millions of computers. Few others will be able to tell their grandchildren as great a great gift given to the world. I am eternally grateful for his many years of continuous hard work and support. Truly, life would have been hell without Disinfectant! Through John's work, the world has breathed easier. Thank you! -Chuck Goezer Lyons -cgl1@cornell.edu 36------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good idea. BTW, MacUser did in fact give John an award in its most recent awards issue, and printed his picture in the magazine. Let me add my own three cheers to John for all his valuable work on the part of the Macintosh community. John provides by far the best and most responsive virus armor available and charges nothing for it, proving that in certain cases cheaper really is better. -Shannon Spires -svspire@sandia.gov 37------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hear, hear! -Bill Rausch, SW Engr, wnr@fred.nfuel.com, 509-943-0861 -Numerical Applications, 825 Goethals #A, Richland, WA 99352 38------------------------------------------------------------------------- A big "Thank You" to John Norstad for his work and devotion in developing and updating "Disinfectant". I downloaded my first copy of "Disinfectant" when I was on an overseas project. Several of us on the project had purchased Macs because of the flexible electrical requirements. After downloading "Disinfectant" I tried it on my Mac. It identified oodles of WDEF viruses. Those of us with Macs had exchanged floppy disks on many occasions, so when I passed a copy along to an associate, it was no surprise to find WDEF viruses on his machine and floppies also. After eradicating the WDEF virus by rebuilding the desktop, he was able for the first time to really use Multifinder and to overcome formating problems that kept creeping into his Microsoft Word documents. He thanked me profusely for sharing Disinfectant with him, but John Norstad deserves the real thanks. Thanks John. -Gary Hansen -gbh@corpus.DNET.hcc.com 39------------------------------------------------------------------------- -(and an anonymous follow-up comment, from one of the contributors) Anti-virus software?? Now you tell me! I just thought it was the world's greatest About box! 40------------------------------------------------------------------------- I agree with you that John is providing a tremendous service to the industry with both the virus fighter, Disinfectant and the internet news reader, NewsWatcher. I find them both to be easy to use and extremely valuable in doing my job as an engineer. I don't ever remember a time when this software caused trouble and believe me if anyone would know it would be me as I'm the chief support for Apple products in my area. Thanks, John and crew for providing this service! -Steve Carlton -Motorola Land Mobile Products -Plantation Florida -eaim084@email.mot.com 41------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computers are the fruit of many thousands years of man's evolution in many fields. And now they are a major tool for that man's evolution in every fields. Some people, maliciously, produce virus to bug them. They are on the dark side. John Norstad, with his fine sword, Disinfectant, definitely is on the bright side. Thank you John, sincerely, and thank you to your helpers! -Normand Beaudoin -Universit du Qubec, Trois-Rivires, Quebec, Canada -beaudoin@neptune.uqtr.uquebec.ca 42------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, On behalf of all Mac users in Montreal, thanks for all the time and effort you've put into Disinfectant! -Sridar Narayanan -sridar@nil.mni.mcgill.ca 43------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, Mr. Norstad, for your fine utility and your Pythonian sense of humor. When I first started working as a flunky in a university computer lab I had little Mac experience and did nothing but scan disks using your utility. I read every word of the help files and was stunned and delighted at the crunching foot. It was quite a discovery to make on this weird little computer called the Macintosh... -John Tynes -Pagan Publishing/Wizards of the Coast -C521832@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu 44------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for Disinfectant A hearty Thank You for Disinfectant from the Human Behavioral Pharmacology lab at the University of Vermont! -Jonathan.Kamien@uvm.edu -Computer Nerd in Residence -HBPL, University of Vermont 45------------------------------------------------------------------------- Each version of Disinfectant is better than the last. John has performed a valuable service for our campus and for many of the K-12 schools in the area. Thanks for your help! -Wil B. Emmert -Research and Sponsored Programs, Western Michigan University -301J Walwood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 -Phone: (616) 387-8280/FAX: (616) 387-8276 -wil.emmert@wmich.edu 46------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disinfectant is one of the best-supported pieces of software (commercial or non-commercial) I've ever known. Updates are swift, the program is efficient, easy-to-use, and well documented. Thanks, John, for the devotion (in time, effort, and good will) you have put into Disinfectant. -Benjamin Turner -bjturner@lynx.cs.usfca.edu 47------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for being the point man for such an ambitious project. I realize it's a collaborative effort but being the point man has lots of responsibilities associated with it and I thank you. -Kee Nethery -kee@kagi.com -Kagi Engineering, 1442-A Walnut #362, Berkeley, CA 94709-1405 USA 48------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am certainly glad for the opportunity to express my appreciation to John Norstad. One of the reasons my computer has never been infected by a virus is not because I have disinfectant installed (which I do) but because everyone else around me does too. Many thanks, John. -Don Shupe -dshupe@cwu.edu 49------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, Just a quick note to thank you for Disinfectant. You have done an excellent job of providing a product which is the best in its class. Thanks again. -Chris Fuller -fuller@interaccess.com 50------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three cheers and a hurrah for Disinfectant and all the work John Norstad has put in on it. We all *do* appreciate it. -Peter Hinman -pgh@umich.edu 51------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think John Norstad does a wonderful job providing us with the best Macintosh virus protection tools. Not only he, however, does such an admirable job. There is an entire team of volunteers that dissect new viruses and come up with a cure. I thank John and all the others for the excellent service they provide. -Pieter Stouten -stoutepf@chemsci1.es.dupont.com 52------------------------------------------------------------------------- John's volunteer efforts on behalf of Disinfectant and NewsWatcher speak volumes about the difference between the Mac and PC worlds! Disinfectant gives me peace of mind---I never have to worry about viruses on my machine! I am at a private college with about 150 Macs, where I used to be in charge of Academic Computing. It would be a great burden to us to have to pay $50 to $150 per machine for commercial antivirus software, plus paying for updates---as we do for some pretty lousy antivirus software for PCs. Moreover, I personally am also grateful for John's product NewsWatcher and (out of gratitude for his work on Disinfectant) would _pay_ for that (I'm presently using 2.0d11). -Paul J. Campbell -Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science -Beloit College, 700 College St., Beloit, WI 53511 -(608) 363-2007 (ofc)/362-2805 (res)/363-2718 (fax) -campbell@beloit.edu 53------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yay! Thank you for Disinfectant! I've only been infected once (nVIR) but that once plus the general sense of security is incalculably nice! -Allan Hunter -ahunter@sbccvm -ahunter@ccvm.sunysb.edu 54------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you see a recent issue of MacUser (or perhaps MacWorld)? John was commended by the magazine for some sort of "lifetime achievement" award. BZ on your efforts; I've never used anything BUT Disinfectant, and it's OUTSTANDING. -Chuck Martini -cmartini@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil 55------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow! Where would I be without Disinfectant? Thank you John Norstad for your public service. I've used Disinfectant for years, get every update, and have never had a virus. -Landon Ross -landon@freenet.scri.fsu.edu 56------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my attempts to interest my sweetie in Macintosh computers, nothing impressed her so much as The John Norstad/Disinfectant Story. Not Project Gutenburg, the HyperCard wedding planner or even buying her own PowerBook got her as interested as the idea of a really bright guy deciding he could and would improve things for everyone in the Mac community because he was able. And not only did he do it once, he keeps doing it. I recently caught her reading the release notes for Disinfectant 3.4. Pretty amazing. Thanks John, again and again. -James Conklin -jwc@netcom.com 57------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Idea! My little Mac Classic II has never been infected, but I know the risk is there. I am very greatful that John Norstad is out there not only being Paul Revere, but handing out the weapons for us to fight with. -Harmon Dow -Harmon_Dow@ccsbbs.uchicago.edu 58------------------------------------------------------------------------- I applaud the suggestion that the readers of Nympho-Mac Digest join together to thank John Norstad for his continuing efforts to safeguard the Apple-Macintosh community from computer-viruses. Chris Johnson, of course, deserves to be praised in the same breath. A Northwestern wizard named Norstad makes the hearts of all Mac-users feel glad: when nasties attack, he's the man with the knack; without him their lives would be ... well, bad! In Texas a Johnson named Chris pens an init that brings us great bliss. No virus gets by his unsleeping eye: the gate shuts -- and good-bye crisis! -John M. Mansfield -Greek Epigraphy Project, Classics -Cornell University, 726 University Ave. #209, Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255-8259, -2369/ Fax: (607) 255-1454 jmm12@cornell.edu 59------------------------------------------------------------------------- A big THANKS from Italy for the wonderful work you do for the Mac users community. On behalf of 25 Mac users at this site, -Alessandro Simonetto -simonett@ifp715.ifp.mi.cnr.it 60------------------------------------------------------------------------- Probably the MOST ESSENTIAL piece of Mac shareware around. Thanks for doing a fantastic job, and keeping on doing it. -Matt Craig \_ -Flinders Medical Centre \_ -South Australia \_ Windows - like putting lipstick -phone 204 4946 \_ on a chicken! -mnmac@cc.flinders.edu.au \_ 61------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a happy Disinfectant user since version 2.7 I have to participate in this toast to a great friend of the Mac community! -asn@ausys.se -qraast@kiba2.ericsson.se 62------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, you already know that you've helped huge numbers of college and university Mac labs stay within budget. You do the same for NPOs. At the Free [Medical] Clinic of Greater Cleveland, three top administrators do their work on underpowered Macs with ancient software, but, thanks to you, they have excellent virus protection. [I volunteer my computing skills there.] That, of course, frees more $ to serve the mostly indigent patients who rely on them. I was going to say that if the IRS let you claim charitable contributions for all the NPOs who use Disinfectant, you'd be a rich man, but you already are in the way that counts most! -Carol Conti-Entin 2878 Chadbourne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120-2215 -216-561-8720 Internet: ag311@cleveland.freenet.edu 63------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been a Mac "evangalist" for a while and people like John are the reasons for my enthusiasm. They provide a great service (vital in fact) and they do it promptly, cheerfully and still have a human nature to them (John replied to my E-mail personally in less than 6 hours). If the idea of the Mac was Steve Jobs then at the right hand of the creator was John Norstad and his team. Warm fuzzies to all, as this person cannot get enough credit in my books ;-) Cheers! -Glen Hawkins -stdntgh@wnmeds.ac.nz 64------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for Disinfectant John, it's great! -Gerry Paille -gpaille@cln.etc.bc.ca 65------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the greatest anti-virus program ever! -jsikkema@delphi.com 66------------------------------------------------------------------------- To John, one of the greatest contributors to Mac users world wide! >From a devoted and appreciative user of NewsWatcher and Disinfectant, -Draper Kauffman -Chancellor/DK, #101 Freegate Town Hall -713-728-1360, PM ONLY -email: draperk@io.com -draperk@neosoft.com 67------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, John, for reaching out and touching so many. -Peter Lwin -lwin@san-jose.ate.slb.com 68------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, a big thank you and toast for John Norstad. -Bob.Kenyon@sp1.y-net.es -Bob.Kenyon@es.y-net.sp1 69------------------------------------------------------------------------- To John Norstad: You have made the lives of many people much smoother and easier, and you have set a wonderful example of service and generosity. Thank you. -Ethan Benatan -ethan+@pitt.edu 70------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have on my list of things to do to send Mr. Norstad a thank you note for all the help he has been to the community. This is a great opportunity, without filling his mailbox. Yes, your work is greatly appreciated and your information and knowledge is invaluable. Thanks from all of us! -Dow Palmer -edpalmer@tenet.edu 71------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working in the computer security area I have been impressed with the Disinfectant program, its effectivness and ease of use. The knowledge, interest, and customer support provided by John Norstad and company have saved time, equipment, and resources for many organizations. I would like to thank them for all their efforts and hope that they are able to continue this service from which so many benefit so much. -Patti Harp -Strike Aircraft Test Directorate -Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland -patti_harp.sa.navairtestcen%pcgate@natc-fw.navy.mil 72------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long life to John Norstad and death to the virii!!! -Ted Dees -ted.dees@stpete.honeywell.com 73------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, thanks for a great program that has saved my butt at least twice! The first time, a user brought in an infected game disk. The virus quickly spread all over the organization through the network. It took a long time to clean up the mess but Disinfectant did an fantastic job. The next time we caught an infection from a service bureau and stomped it early due to the new (at that time) Disinfectant INIT. Hats off! -Doug Smith, SGA * Loves Park, IL * wheaton!sga!dougs -AppleLink: G0231 * CompuServe: 72727,3532 74------------------------------------------------------------------------- John, I have been using disinfectant for almost as long as I have used a Macintosh (11 years). I don't know how I could perform my job without it. It has become an indespensable tool for everyone I have ever supported. Thank you for the time and effort you have spent (and continue to spend) on providing one of the best software tools ever invented! -Dennis Davison -System Support Specialist -Texas Animal Health Commission -ddavison@tahc.texas.gov 75------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just want to add my thanks for something so useful, dependable and FREE. But I especially appreciate the work that must have gone into its development and the sense of humor that put the Monty Python foot squashing the list of viruses. An inspired touch!! -Wendy Farkas -VIRGINIA TECH, Research & Graduate Studies, Opportunities Office -311 Burruss Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0244 -(703) 231-9353 / Fax: (703) 231-4384 -FARKAS@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu 76------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please add my appreciation to those expressing theirs to John Norstad and company for their work on Disinfectant. Between their efforts and those of Chris Johnson (Gatekeeper and Gatekeeper Aid), the Macintosh community owes a great deal of gratitude. Thanks, guys! -Dave Crockett -Electronic Projects Director -Clemson University Department of News Services -dave_crockett@quickmail.clemson.edu 77------------------------------------------------------------------------- If anyone in the Mac community deserves a toast, then I think you hit upon the right one. John Norstad has certainly done us all a tremendous service, and kudos are deserved. My personal experience with the virus software first came after I got a copy of a "magazine on disk" issue with WDEF A. Until then, viruses were nothing to worry about. The following month, they addressed a letter to their users, saying that the previous month's issue had virus on some of the copies. I checked. Mine was one of them. At the time, I was running a 512K with dual floppies. I couldn't see running the "WDEF Killer" the company sent on all the floppies that were at risk. Worse yet, I had used some in my work machine (never mind the attitude my employer took). Without knowing it, I had (within a single month) managed to infect more than 75 floppy disks. John Norstad's Disinfectant came to the rescue. A friend gave me a copy, and I installed it on my home and work machines. It promptly caught all the viruses and, for the next FOUR YEARS, continued to find the disks that I had originally infected. I hope that I'm done, but Disinfectant remains vigilant. As though this experience wasn't enough, a printer passed me another disk after I gave him some typeset masters. Another virus was identified by Disinfectant, and it killed yet another nasty beast. Indeed, my thanks do go out to John Norstad -- he did a terrific job, released a terrific product, and deserves terrific praise. What can you say to a guy who gives you free security service for years? All I can say is, if he's ever in Maryland, dinner's on me! -Dave Grow -davegrow@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil 78------------------------------------------------------------------------- I remember a day when we had to worry about computer viruses. Now we just keep our Disinfectant up to date. Thanks! -Mark Diaz -mark@Radius.COM 79------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to express my appreciation to Mr. Norstad for the work done creating and supporting Disinfectant. Not only has he created an excellent product, he has taken the extra step of putting the product into the public domain and providing support for it -- all free of charge. Updates to Disinfectant are always timely. I'm very happy with Disinfectant and very grateful to its creators and supporters. Thanks very much! --Henry W. Newsom | Muncie, IN 47306 --Associate Director | Internet:00hwnewsom@bsuvc.bsu.edu --University Computing Services| BITNET: 00hwnewsom@bsuvax1 --Ball State University | Phone: (317) 285-1844 80------------------------------------------------------------------------- Un ENORME merci a John Norstad et tous ceux qui participent aux evolutions de Disinfectant. "An ENORMOUS thank you to John Norstad and all those who participated in the evolution of Disinfectant." (translated by Brandon Munday) --Joel Brogniart --jbrogni@docsrvr.mrash.fr 81------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for a wonderful program. Thank you for making the computing world so much safer. You saved me from probably a thousand hard drive problems! --Troy D. Goodson --gt5368a@prism.gatech.edu --Students for the Exploration and Development of Space --Georgia Institute of Technology --Internet: dsadmsp@prism.gatech.edu --Officers: -- Troy Goodson, President -- Caleb Branscome, Vice-President -- Mark Peppers, Secretary -- Vicky Pickens, Treasurer -82------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, John, thanks mucho for Disinfectant. It has saved my butt, and I give it to everyone I meet who doesn't have it. I have even tried to give it to people who don't have Macs! keep up the good, prompt work!! --Matthew Ahrens --ai158@freenet.buffalo.edu --ai261@FreeNet.Carleton.ca --MacRules2@aol.com --Matthew210@aol.com 83------------------------------------------------------------------------- To John Norstad and Mark Anbinder, Wade Blomgren and the others: I think I can speak for the several hundred Mac users on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus who have benefited many times by the thoroughly useful and easy-to-use Disinfectant. It has been a staple item on my hard drive for some five years. I check every new disk with Disinfectant. It has saved me much grief and time. I cannot thank you enough for this fine virus tool. --Larry Rugolo --artxe@mizzou1.missouri.edu 84------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks! --EBERWEIN_BILL@tandem.com 85------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE BEGINNING, there were viruses. And darkness was upon the face of the users. And their computers became without form, and void. Then John looked down and saw the plight of the people. And John said, "Let there be Disinfectant." "Let it go forth, and multiply, that no system be harmed." And Disinfectant went forth, and multiplied as the stars in the sky. And computers everywhere were cured of their infirmities. And lo John looked around, and saw, and said, "It is good." And a day of thanks was established for the creator. And the people were much aroused, and assembled together, Giving joy and praise to their wonderful savior. And so did the plague of the computer viruses end. --Jeanette Foshee --x1foshee@exnet.iastate.edu -- Iowa State University -- Speaking for Extension Communications Department -- Ames, Iowa 50011 86------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multiple KUDOS to John Norstad and his Disinfectant programming team. Your efforts have kept the Princeton Macintosh Users' Group virus free for the many years I've been associated with this organization. As immediate past President, I speak a collective THANK YOU for our members. At FMC, Disinfectant is the norm and welcomed enthusiastically by our international Mac user community. You've done us a great service; we sincerely appreciate your efforts. Stay secure, --Dr. Jonathan S. Baum --Agricultural Chemicals Group, Computational Sciences --FMC Corporation --P.O. Box 8 Phone: 609-951-3438 --Princeton, NJ 08543 FAX: 609-951-3835 --jsbaum@fmc.com 87------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would personally like to thank the inventor of Disinfectant. It is great to know that my machine is safe from virus attacks. Cheers, --A. Weber --aaweber@host0.colby.edu --AAWEBER@COLBY.EDU 88------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks John and the team for a great piece of public service. The Mac world owes you one (or is it tonnes). We have Disinfectant installed on all the Macs in our laboratory (a dozen Macs) and not a virus problem. I am sure it's due to regular application of Disinfectant. So hats off to you guys or as the French would say "Chapeau". --Indraneel Ghose --ghose@ccr.jussieu.fr --Laboratoire de Petrologie Metamorphique : voice (33.1) 44 27 50 88 --Tour 26-0 3 etage, 4 Place Jussieu : fax (33.1) 44 27 39 11 --75252 Paris Cedex 05 France 89------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disinfectant is excellent. When it comes to good, solid, un-obstrusive virus protection you can't beat it. SAM, Gatekeeper and all are so overly protective, that they hinder daily operations. Keep up the great work John and all that have developed Disinfectant. Thanks --Rajat Chaudhuri --Microcomputer Consultant --Computer Center Internet: ccraj@sun1.mcsr.olemiss.edu --116 Powers Hall ecrc@sunvis1.vislab.olemiss.edu --Univeristy of Mississippi Phone: 601-232-7638 (or 7206) --University, MS 38677 Fax: 601-232-7180 90------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear John Norstand: Thank you for your samaritan effort to keep Macs virus free! It is incredible that such an excellent and amazingly good program is available free of charge. I personally thank you again for your efforts. --Arturo Portnoy --portna@rpi.edu 91------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norstad and Associates: Thanks for your wonderful virus fighter, Disinfectant. The very first time I used my first Mac 512, I loaded a student disk with the Scores virus. A friend gave me your Disinfectant,v1.7, and that was the end of Scores. God bless you. Live long and prosper! --Rev. Robert Buday, O.S.B. --Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL --bbuday@eagle.ibc.edum 92------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add my voice to the many. A hearty THANKS! John and the folks at Northwestern are the supermen (and women) of the 90's in the battle for truth, justice, and the American way... Thanks again >From all of us! --Tom Thorpe --Tom_Thorpe@qmail4.sp.TRW.COM --thorpe@donald.sp.trw.com 93------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Sender: ajpw@argon.ch.ic.ac.uk There is not much that I can say that would be new, so I will content myself with adding my name to the list of those who use Disinfectant and consider it an utterly wonderful program. The fact that it is distributed free and is quickly updated as soon as a new virus is discovered shows an altruistic streak in John Norstad that gives me renewed hope for the fate of mankind. Thanks. --Dr Andrew White --Imperial College --London UK --ajpw@argon.ch.ic.ac.uk 94------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a Mac user now for more than two years I'm a glad user of the wonderfull little program, and I m sure that my colleagues at Copenhagen Business Scoll have the same feeling, as well as many many people in the rest of Scandinavia and Europe. Thank You - John Norstrand - for Disinfectant and for provding a valuable service to a lot of people. --John K. Christiansen --Associate professor --Copenhagen Business School --Informatics and Management Accounting --Howitzvej 60 --2000 Copenhagen F --Denmark --iqjc@cbs.dk 95------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm a novice to the computer world; rough landing with my first Mac Plus not working because it was infected and the seller just thought it had hardware problems. Wouldn't be able to send this thank you note without J&Co's fine job. Thanx again. --Steven Kim --USCLAW stevenk@scf.usc.edu ========================Thanks, John et al!================================ And thanks from me, too, and the couple hundred other Mac and Disinfectant users here at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. This electronic "toast" was compiled by -Brandon Munday -bmunday@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil -brandon_munday.sa.navairtestcen%pcgate@NATC-FW.NAVY.MIL =========================================================================== Please, folks, if you have any more great stuff to tell the Disinfectant crew, please send it directly to them. I'll no longer be forwarding your mail to John and crew. Thanks for your consideration.... --Brandon Munday