Apple pulls Virex version 7.5 off dot mac?

[Thirteenva]

Friday, after seeing this announcement on macbytes (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=85855&highlight=virex+7.5) for Virex 7.5 I proceeded to download it at work on my G5.

I'm now at home on my powerbook and when I log into .mac and go to download virex it gives me version 7.2.1 only. The same version (7.2.1) is in the idisk members folder also.

Has apple pulled virex 7.5 for some reason?

[jsw]

Wow - good catch! It is indeed gone. I wonder why as well.

[DJY]

Mmmm i only put it on my Powerbook on Friday I think...
I best watch this space?
Anyone know anything more?

[aswitcher]

Mmmm i only put it on my Powerbook on Friday I think...
I best watch this space?
Anyone know anything more?

Damn, not again. I heard it was mucking up isynch with palms but haven't been game to try mine.

[AmigoMac]

That's from 4 days ago, German site news (http://www.macnews.de/news/54878) , seems to be a problem with Mail.app :(

Translation from Sherlock :rolleyes:

The anti-virus program Virex, since short as release version 7,5
available, obviously possesses an extremely unpleasant characteristic
in connection with E-Mail programs. An error, which already existed in
beta versions, seems to have in-crept into the final version:
According to user reports on the Mac Hilfeseite MacFixIt the program
"eats" sometimes whole mailboxes. The software, which is provided free
of charge with Apples Mac Account, therefore destroyed under Apple
Mail in the "Clean" mode so mentioned, which is used actually only for
pure "clearing up" (not for deletion), a complete Mac Inbox (tested
over POP3). The reason: Virex had discovered a "Mydoom" virus (as well
known only for PCS dangerously) and thereupon deleted the entire mbox
file. "this behavior is for the final version of a software directly
inakzeptabel", so the user concerned. It had to the luck a Backup.

;)

[DJY]

ouch!
that doesn't sound pleasant!

It does annoy me slightly - that they pull programs - but don't make the information readily available... people have to notice something is missing?!

Anyone know if 7.2.1 is ok?
Might not run 7.5 until I hear more.

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....I bet we see 7.5.1 up within days, if not tomorrow even...that is something that should be fixed pronto!....oh yeah!