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- From: lpssegel@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Glen Segell)
- Newsgroups: alt.security
- Subject: Re: F-prot (was: Virus Programs ForSale)
- Message-ID: <lpssegel.727952186@reading>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 08:56:26 GMT
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- fetrow@biostat.washington.edu (David Fetrow) writes:
-
- >In article <1jn8k8INNicb@mirror.digex.com> alby@access.digex.com (Albatross) writes:
-
- >> See if the Dark Avenger virus really can be detected
- >> by these money hungry anti-virus software companies, or if you dollars are
- >> paying off.
-
- > I'd like to put in a plug for an inexpensive virus checker: f-prot. It's
- >available via anonymous FTP, is quite cheap ( <$1/copy for most of us ) and
- >has detected/cleaned several virii for us (and yes, we have lost disks to
- >virii in the past; public PC labs in schools are more prone to virii than
- >most places).
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- > Anonymous FTP site: risc.ua.edu (130.160.4.7)
-
- >You don't need to spend a lot of money to get a reasonable degree of protection.
- >My only connection to the program is as a VERY satisfied user.
-
- >..and if the author every finds himself in Seattle, he can have a standing
- >ovation from the PC lab staff whenever he wants.
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- The latest updates of F-prot can be found on COMPLEX.IS anonymous FTP
- is permitted. This is the authors site and frequently the latest versions
- are not always distributed.
-
- Glen Segell
- Dept of Politics
- University of Reading
-
- >--
- > -dave fetrow- INTERNET: fetrow@biostat.washington.edu
- > BITNET: fetrow@uwalocke
-