Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
window of XP?

I want to use "F-Prot for DOS" as an on-demand scanner to supplement
my existing anti-virus software.

Franklin, 4/13/2005, 5:45:26 AM, wrote:

> Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
> window of XP?
>
> I want to use "F-Prot for DOS" as an on-demand scanner to supplement
> my existing anti-virus software.

I have tried that, but it only gets so far before it quits. Your
better off using one of the other on-demand scanners available. Or you
could use one of the online scanners too.

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:45:26 GMT, Franklin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
>window of XP?
>
>I want to use "F-Prot for DOS" as an on-demand scanner to supplement
>my existing anti-virus software.

If you've chosen FAT 32 rather than NTFS, I've heard it can be of
limited use for scanning downloads and some folders. Otherwise, it
should only be used in connection with Windows 9X/ME and plain DOS.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

Franklin wrote:

> Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
> window of XP?

Yes. I do it all the time on many XP machines. But get a better
virus-checker -- one that has realtime checking. F-Prot has its
uses but I wouldn't rely on it.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:45:26 GMT, Franklin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
>window of XP?
>
>I want to use "F-Prot for DOS" as an on-demand scanner to supplement
>my existing anti-virus software.


There are issues with it. It often doesn't scan all files even if you
have a fat32 filesystem. It works better when used within Tech-Protect
a third party front end. Tech-Protect tries to address some of the
issues. In particular, it creates its own list of directories/files
for f-prot to scan.
http://www.tech-pro.net/techprotect.html


Jim.

James Egan wrote:

> There are issues with it. It often doesn't scan all files even if you
> have a fat32 filesystem.

News to me... I've had nothing but success with it.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:45:26 GMT, Franklin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
>window of XP?
>
>I want to use "F-Prot for DOS" as an on-demand scanner to supplement
>my existing anti-virus software.

Yes you can for FAT32 file system. There is a high probability that
your file system is NTFS in which case F-Prot for DOS will not scan
the NTFS drive. So to summerise - You can if you have FAT32 file
system.

Regards,
Ian Kenefick
http://antivirus.ik-cs.com

"qwerty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> James Egan wrote:
>
> > There are issues with it. It often doesn't scan all files even if you
> > have a fat32 filesystem.
>
> News to me... I've had nothing but success with it.

In a DOS box dropped from NT, W2K or XP (where the limitation exists)? I very
much doubt it.

Regards, Zvi
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Zvi Netiv wrote:

>>> There are issues with it. It often doesn't scan all files even if
>>> you have a fat32 filesystem.
>>
>> News to me... I've had nothing but success with it.
>
> In a DOS box dropped from NT, W2K or XP (where the limitation
> exists)? I very much doubt it.

Unless you've seen me do it, don't tell me it doesn't work.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:45:26 GMT, Franklin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is it possible to run the free "F-Prot for DOS" in the DOS-emulation
>window of XP?
>
>I want to use "F-Prot for DOS" as an on-demand scanner to supplement
>my existing anti-virus software.

Frisk Software recommends against using F-Prot for DOS under Windows
XP. You should the 32 character mode scanner FPCMD.EXE which is
included with F-Prot for Windows.


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
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http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
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