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- From: ifbb657@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
- Newsgroups: alt.security
- Subject: Re: F-prot (was: Virus Programs ForSale)
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 15:04:33 -0600
- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- In article <C1G32A.9x8@trauma.rn.com> sara@trauma.rn.com (Sara Gordon) writes:
- ->ifbb657@emx.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
- ->
- ->>In article <1993Jan22.181703.20039@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
- ->
- ->
- ->>Speaking of virus programs (or virus detector programs, if you want
- ->>a virus program, find this Dark Avenger chap :-), I have had very
- ->
- ->why would finding him help you? if you are interested i just have
-
- Maybe it would hurt to find him. I would not mind finding
- a part, like his head, though. >:-)
-
- ->had published the first of a three part interview with him in the
- ->Virus News International. It will probably be in some U.S.A. based
- ->magazine shortly.
- ->
- ->he's not making viruses.
-
- OK, he is (to my knowledge) making virus toolkits.
-
-
- ->>good luck with Norton Antivirus. The Macintosh version has protected
- ->>me from numerous encounters, and the MS-DOS version has been equally
- ->>as strong. I have heard that NAV and Central Point's products stink
- ->>from some people. What is the best antivirus product (commercial)
- ->>out there?
- ->
- ->i personally prefer F-Prot and The Anti-Virus toolkit. i have had many
- ->clients using NAV or CPAV with bad results, and i always recommend they
- >-remove- those things before it is too late...
-
- I have heard different things about NAV and CPAV. Some swear by CPAV/NAV;
- some sware at them. F-Prot is good, though.
-
-
- PS: What is the Anti-Virus toolkit?
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- Disclaimer: My information about DA could be inaccurate or wrong. Please
- note that I reserve the right to be wrong about this.
-