Several of my BBS users have asked me a question concerning McAfee's virus 
scanning program which I cannot answer, and I am hoping someone here can.  It 
concerns the updated data file releases that they produce (DAT-xxxx.ZIP) and 
their compatibility with McAfee's various Scan engines.
I am aware from reading the docs that the DAT-xxxx data files can be used to 
update the DOS scanning engine (usually archived as SCN-xxxx.ZIP), but what I 
cannot tell is if these same data files can be used to update any of their 
other scan engines (recent versions, of cours), in particular the BootShield 
program, the Windows 3.x engine, the Windows '95 engine, the OS/2 engine, or 
any of their other antivirus scanning engines that work on the IBM PC.
I like to offer my users a reasonably updated set of AV tools, yet I simply 
don't have the time or the resources to call their BBS and download each and 
every product once a month, and I don't have internet access at this time.  I 
can handle the DAT-xxxx files, but I can't tell if that's doing much good. 
Can some one tell me if McAfee's data files will work with their other scan 
engines?
The McAfee antivirus line, BTW, is NOT my only selection, but it is the only 
one where this question has arisen.
 Oh yes, one more question... are there any virii floating around that can 
adversely affect an Amiga computer (based on the Motorola MC68000 series 
CPU), and are there any antivirus toolkits available for such machines?  I 
have several Amiga users on my BBS, but I can find no evidence of such 
software available for them.
                                                        Danny
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