From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:00:35 -0500 (EST)
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To:	"Paul J. Thompson" <thomppj AT okstate DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: [opendos] virus scanner?
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Paul J. Thompson wrote:

> i need a good, free, and uptodate virus scanner.  i am currently using 
> the IBMAV program from PC-DOS 7.0 but it is an older version that is in 
> due need of replacement.


Oh my GOD!  You should never use the scanners that come with the OS's
since they are always horribly out of date.  There are many scanners
out there but F-Prot is undoubtedly the best.  It is *FREE* for
non-commercial use, and is really a great program.  It scans both
conventionally (signature based), and has a heuristics analysis engine
to detect unknown virii.  I've got about 1200 viruses that I use to
test out different scanners with and FPROT is the ONLY scanner that
consistently gets them ALL.

ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtel/virus/fp-225.zip

The above URL might not be exact, but I'm sure you'll find it.

Also, McAfee has a virus scanner for LINUX!  If you are a Linux user,
you can scan your DOS drives from within Linux now!!  The McAfee
scanner isn't as good as Fprot, but I use it to scan my DOS drives as
a background job when the system is idle every couple days.  Sure
saves from WAITING in DOS.

Enjoy!


Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
Computer Consultant   |    My webpage has moved and my address has changed.
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