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From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
Cc: "OpenDOS" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: antivirus measures
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:50:19 +0100
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> Van: Mike A. Harris <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
> Aan: yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
> CC: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com; opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
> Onderwerp: Re: antivirus measures
> Datum: donderdag 27 maart 1997 19:36
> 
> On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, yeep wrote:
> 
> > > I use F-PROT for ALL DOS virus scanning needs.  Any resident
> > > scanner gives a false sense of security.  Only regular scanning
> > > with a real scanner can catch all viruses.  I heavily recommend
> > > doing scanning from a write protected disk with FPROT on it.  The
> > > disk MUST be prepared on a "guaranteed virus-free" system
> > > however.  I usually prepare my FPROT boot disk from Linux.  I
> > > just unzip FPROT into Linux and then format a DOS floppy and copy
> > > the needed stuff to the disk.  I've set up a simple script to do
> > > it all.  Note also that you must reboot the system by hitting
> > > RESET and not CTRL-ALT-DEL as some viruses intercept the
> > > CTRL-ALT-DEL call.  If anyone wants more info on how to
> > > "virus-proof" their system, they can contact me via email.  BTW,
> > > FPROT is *FREE* for non-commercial use.
> > 
> > There's a shareware version out there.....right?
> 
> Yes, it is fully functional and free for non-commercial use.
> 
> > And aren't there any Linux viruses?
> 
> Of course there aren't.  Viruses don't survive in UNIX systems
> because they need to run as root, and most sysadmins don't run
> unknown binaries on their systems.  Also, compiling from sources
> is commonplace, one of the cornerstones of UNIX.  I've heard of
> unix based viruses, but they usually work due to some major
> security flaw in a particular OS or one of it's programs.  I've
> yet to hear of one for Linux.
> 
> Oh, BTW, just to keep this DOSish, McAfee has a virus scanner for
> Linux now!!!!!!!!!!  Contrary to what you might think about its
> name, it scans your DOS drives for DOS viruses, but from Linux.
> Cool eh!
> 
> 
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