[arachne] Re: New Version of F-Prot for DOS

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On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

On, 25 Jun 2006 04:13:55 -0400 (EDT) Sam Ewalt wrote:


Get your copy today, and please send Frisk Software International a heart
felt "Thank You" for being one of VERY few antivirus software vendors to
maintain a DOS compatible package!

Isn't F-Prot the only antivirus program for DOS?

Is anybody stull writing new DOS viruses? 

I don't know.

It sure would be good to know the answer to that question.

If nobody is still writing new DOS viruses, then all of us who have
"DOS-only" machines could feel secure by running just a very old
DOS-based anti-virus program having virus definition files which
were last updated as of the date when the last "new" DOS virus was
detected.

Also it would be nice if some anti-virus company which offers a
DOS-based anti-virus program would offer some special virus
definition files for detecting only DOS viruses for the benefit
of those who have "DOS-only" operating systems.  We don't have to
worry about any Window$ viruses being on our computers because
those kinds of viruses can't run on our computers.  An anti-virus
program that is looking only for DOS viruses could scan a hard
hard drive much more quickly than one that is looking also for all
the Windows viruses.

Sam Heywood
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Sam,
You want to be able to catch any and all, virus, worm, trojan
infections, otherwise you are just a harbor for infections that
can get to other's machines. Just because you can't be affected,
doesn't mean you can't spread them. Hospital's, grandmother's and
school kid's, machines could get infected from your's. You would
just be a cyber Typhoid Mary. I have been getting a barrage of
viruses lately from addresses in mindspring, volny.cz and
centrum.sk. I don't care to pass them on to innocent people, or
machines used by emergency services. They can spread like a
real virus. Some people depend on their computers for various
reasons. Why pass on disease just because you are immune?
Rob:
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