Subj : OS/2 virus scan in BBS
To : Mike Luther
From : Gord Hannah
Date : Sat Apr 12 2003 09:21 am
Replying to a message from Mike Luther 1:117/3001 to Gord Hannah,
About OS/2 virus scan in BBS, On Fri Apr 11 2003
GH> I would suggest Mcafee, you get the best of both worlds, a gui
SD> I'd recommend F-PROT. It's free and it runs under DOS, but it works
SD> wonderfully under OS/2. It's what I used when I ran my board under
SD> OS/2.
I used F-Prot as well and it was pretty good until I could not "easily find
updates and their website became real confusing.
ML> NORMAN used in this manner is really pretty good. I have version
ML> 5.4.43 I guess it is now. If you don't work through the server
I never tried NORMAN I have used McAfee pretty much exclusively for over a
decade now, My DOS board scanned everything every day and all uploads.
ML> version it is not so expensive. The Single User renewal for me is
ML> $80 USA for TWO years, which I just paid in. No, if you try this as
I was lucky my OS/2 version of McAfee was free. And updates free.
ML> They do have bugs on this or that. But they are working closely
ML> with me for what I've found and turned in. This whole virus issue
ML> is not at all as simple as some might conjecture.
I realize that as being Moderator Emeritus of VIRUS, VIRUS_INFO, and
DIRTY_DOZEN, also my board at one time specialized in Anti Virus software and
their updates. I recall the days when a .dat file was only 125k now it is over
2MB, with about 125 new virus' (virii) created every day, for simplicity sake I
lump trojan horse, worms, etc in one definition.
Another excellent package is AVP. www.avp.ru
Hope this helps. Keep us posted.
We are a fine board trying to make it better.
http://www.pris.bc.ca/ghannah
[email protected]
Cheers! Gord
-=Team OS/2=-
--- timEd/2 1.10.y2k+
* Origin: Marsh BBS (c), Dawson Creek, BC Canada (1:17/23.1)
