Re: Anti-Virus Software

[David Robert Austen <davidaus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, John for this generous and important advice.  -David.

On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, John S. Walker wrote:

> >disks.  Also, make sure you have the newest version of 'scan' which is
> >usually available to download from the web.  I will ask one of our
> >members, "John S. Walker" <jwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>, to post a 'how-to'
> >message about downloading from the web.
>
> In order to help protect your system from virus infection you should
> periodically scan the system itself for viri and always scan any program you
> download immediately. One of the best programs I have found for this is
> Mcafee's Virus Scan. This is a shareware program and can be obtained on the
> Web at:
>
> 
>
> There are two versions of the file for DOS:
>
> scn-251e.zip   452,098  VirusScan for DOS, Version 2.5.1 with (9607) .DAT file
>                         - User installed
> scni251e.zip   692,731  VirusScan for DOS, Version 2.5.1 with (9607) .DAT file
>                         - Self Installed
>
> These are also available by anonymous FTP at ftp.mcafee.com in the
> /pub/antivirus/ directory.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: scan is updated and should be downloaded at least once every
> three months and re-installed. There are versions available for the Mac,
> OS2, Unix Etc.
>
> You will require Pkunzip to uncompress these files. This is available
> anywhere on the net. You might want to try
>  as this will get
> you a copy of the program and help.
>
> A program called Autoscan autosn32.zip works well with Virus Scan and
> various compression programs. It will create a secure directory and then
> unzip and scan the file downloaded for viri and errors. It can be obtained 
> from:
>
> 
>
> autosn32.zip  B   36925  910609  Checks ZIP/other archives for virus infection
>
> If you do not have anything but emial access then send me a note to
> jwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and I will send you a copy of how to download by email.
>
> John S. Walker
> Central Supply & Services
>