Subj : OS/2 virus scan in BBS
To : Mike Luther
From : Marc Lewis
Date : Tue Apr 29 2003 10:50 am
Hello Mike.
<On 11Apr2003 18:39 Mike Luther (1:117/3001) wrote a message to Gord Hannah
regarding OS/2 virus scan in BBS >
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.
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
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
ML> as a server deal in an .ORG or a .COM setting, they will want a lot
ML> more than that for the service. But as a single user front end
ML> filter, that's not too bad as I saw it.
These folks were *not* at all friendly. They got wind that I was using mine to
protect my smtp server; they promptly demanded a $2k+ fee for the "revised"
license. They were not in any way, shape or form willing to work with a
not-for-profit, hobbiest organisation like FidoNet... They just wanted their
$$, or stop using the product. I dropped it off the machine (much to the
benefit of the machine which has not "black screen" crashed since I removed it
and its hooks.
Very regrettable, inflexible corporate attitude - completely unlike their
predecessor, Thunderbyte.
