This program, by Daniel R. Killoran, Ph.D., is slightly more advanced than Agar but still of limited usefulness.
It “knows” its resources and will report any foreign resources it finds in itself. Unlike Agar it can be left running and may therefore eventually be infected. However the fact that it can only detect a Scores infection in itself the next time it is run after the infection limits its utility.
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The method used by Fever (detection of foreign resources) has been suggested as a method of adding virus detection to commercial programs. A program would detect the infection and refuse to run, or run only after strongly warning the user. In fact a number of virus fighting programs do this.