KV>  >> just switch to another virus-package, something like mcaffee or
  >  >> fprot...
  >  JP> Already have F-Prot; but in shareware it's been DOS only.
  >  JP> I inquired about their commercial OS/2 version some time back,
  >  JP> and got a very uninformative response.
  > hmm... but DOS-programs run also under os/2.. maybe not as fast as
  > typical os/2 programs, but they do run.. ;)
Yes!  Used F-Prot for a couple of years before I got IBMAV.  It appeared
to be fully capable in scanning the system and hard drives, despite the
fact that the hard drives are entirely HPFS format.  To verify that, I
planted the EICAR test file on the hard drives and found that F-Prot was
able to pick it up.  I was unable to verify that it would pick up any
actual virus :)
My concern with F-Prot was that its monitoring function was active only
during VDM (DOS) sessions.  I wasn't sure what might be going on during
OS/2 operations.  (With IBMAV I'm still not sure what's happening, but
am hopeful that, as a native OS/2 program, it's more likely to do what's
needed.)
KV>  JP> They didn't even quote a price for it!
  > maybe you don't have to pay for it.... the file_id says it's free for
  > private usage...
That's the DOS, shareware version only.  But got the impression that they
were not really serious about selling the OS/2 version.
Jack P.
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