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From: Gerald Miller
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 04 14:49:26 +0100
Subject: AVP
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Hello Marc,
Responding to a post in the VIRUS area:
On Thursday January 29 2004 at 10:21,
Marc Lewis [1:396/45.1] wrote to Gerald Miller,
about: AVP
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GM>> Anyone have a URL for AVP on a DOS only system?
ML> Not AVP but F-Prot (www.f-prot.com OR www.complex.is). The DOS
ML> version is free. You can also d/l it from my system in the 1.A-V file
ML> area. Updates to the definitions too.
Thanks, Marc. I've got F-Prot (registered on the XP box and using the DOS
version on the DOS box), NAV, and McAfee anti-virus programs running when
required. I'm getting the sig/dat updates via the file echo filegate on a
regular basis. Tripple redundancy #_*SHOULD*_# be adequate on this
machine, you figure?
ML> Also, AVG (www.grisoft.com) has an excellent free windoze system that
ML> incorporates a DOS command line scanner. But that might be a bit
ML> cumbersome to manipulate as it *is* a windose install program.
Well, considering that the DOS box doesn't have Windoooz installed, would
probably make the AVG installation very difficult, if not impossible.
Then, there is the matter of obtaining the sig/dat updates... I don't
recall seeing if these updates were available via the filegate on a regular
basis or even if there was a AVG file echo tagname within the FILEGATE.ZXX
file (just looked, nothing is listed resembling AVG)...
I appreciate you help.
Thanks ... Gerald
... I'm sorry, that line is busy till Monday. Would you hold please?
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