MacTech: Programmer, Heal Thyself

/Home/Internet Security: Articles/Internet Security: MacTech

Diagnosing Virus Infections
Volume Number: 6
Issue Number: 5
By Mike Morton, University of Hawaii

Note: Source code files accompanying article are located on MacTech CD-ROM or source code disks.

Introduction

Macintosh users have a variety of defenses against infection by computer viruses. Public-domain, shareware, and commercial applications are available to prevent, detect, and repair virus infection. But most of these solutions require some effort on the user’s part, and users who have never had their software infected are (understandably) not motivated to use these tools. This article describes how your application can detect if it’s been infected, and gives sample code in Think C. Self-diagnosis is not “the solution”, but it can be part of it -- it helps alert users early so they can start repairing their disks as soon as possible.

Click the URL above to read the full article