Viruses are an increasingly severe problem these days. Repositories of public domain software often carry many infected programs. We don't want this to happen to Info-Mac. Unfortunately, although we do take steps to screen some programs before they are made available in the archive, we cannot promise to screen every program. As a volunteer staff, we have only limited resources. Worse, even a close examination of each file could not reveal viruses or other malicious software behaviors that were not known to the Macintosh community. So what do we do? Well, for one thing, we try hard to ensure that the programs in the virus directory are free of *known* viruses. That means that you can download and run virus-detection programs without undue fear of infection. We recommend that you do this before submitting any software. If you find a virus in one of Info-Mac's programs, tell us about it as soon as you can (and use an URGENT subject line). That way we can remove it from the archive right away. For complete safety from known viruses, use the latest version of an anti-virus tool such as Gatekeeper or a virus-detector such as Disinfectant. There can be no guarantee of safety from unknown viruses. We highly recommend that you maintain an active backup procedure to protect yourself even in the event of a system crash or viral infection that results in the loss of all or some of your data. Download and use all software in this archive at your own risk. The Info-Mac Moderators moderator@info-mac.org