-=> Mocking Jack Pfisterer to All <=-
   
[much snipped]
glad you got everything working satisfactorily...
 JP> The next step is to write a batch file to update the diskette AV files
 JP> automatically after the hard drive files are updated.
now that i don't agree with... you have a write protected bootable
floppy that is write protected so that when you place it in the drive
after booting from the hd, the floppy won't get infected by any known or
unknown virus...
when updating that floppy it is necessary to write to it, therefore the
write protection has to be removed... but if that's all your update
method entails to enable writing to the disk you risk invalidating the
"clean" nature of the disk each time you update it by allowing an
undetected virus access to the disk...
you should boot from that clean write protected bootable floppy disk
before you remove it's write protection and update it... the update
should be performed after a floppy boot with no files on the hard drive
being executed... then replace the write protection when the update is
done...
i know it sounds like overkill, but it is secure...
... ow that you know that i know that you know that i kn...
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