[Macpartners] Information Systems Releases Virex 7.2.1

[Albert Willis]

Good morning.

Information Systems is pleased to announce the release of Virex 
7.2.1, the most current version of McAfee's antivirus software for 
Mac OS X. Virex 7.2.1 can detect Macintosh, Windows and Microsoft 
Office macro viruses.

New features since Virex 7.0:

  - eUpdate: users can update virus definition files (also known as 
DAT files) from within Virex
  - Much improved scanning speed
  - Many new types of files that can be scanned, including PDF, 
compressed and archive files
  - Much improved user interface

More information about the new features in Virex are available at 
http://web.mit.edu/is/help/virex/Update.txt.


Who Should Upgrade
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Information Systems recommends that all current users of Virex 7.0 
should upgrade to this version.

Users of Mac OS 9.2.2 (and earlier) should continue to use Virex 6.1.

Virex 7.2.1 can run on Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later; Information Systems 
recommends Mac OS X 10.2 or later.


Where to get Virex 7.2.1
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The installer is available from  http://web.mit.edu/software/mac.html 
as Virex 7.2.1.

Please review the documentation at 
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?vid=579&platform=Macintosh.

If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the 
Computing Helpdesk at computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101.


Al Willis for the Virex Release Team
   Deb Bowser
   Janet Littell
   Christine Verick