Before my hard drive crashed I had a couple of freeware AV programs to
check for virii whenever I chose. One of these was based on F-Prot for
DOS or a WIndows front-end for that.

Could any kind person point me in the right direction to find these or
similar programs, once again?

Thank you!

Kim

F-Prot
ftp://ftp.complex.is/pub/


"Kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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Before my hard drive crashed I had a couple of freeware AV programs to
check for virii whenever I chose. One of these was based on F-Prot for
DOS or a WIndows front-end for that.

Could any kind person point me in the right direction to find these or
similar programs, once again?

Thank you!

Kim

Kim <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

>
> Before my hard drive crashed I had a couple of freeware AV
> programs to check for virii whenever I chose. One of these
> was based on F-Prot for DOS or a WIndows front-end for
> that.
>
> Could any kind person point me in the right direction to
> find these or similar programs, once again?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Kim
>
Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses et al,
see
ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
and/or
http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html

J
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Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses et al,
see
ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
and/or
http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html


Here you go mrknowitallwhocan'tevenconstructapropersentence.
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?...4&method=2&au=
1

On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:01:33 GMT, (E-Mail Removed)lid typed furiously:

>Kim <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>>
>> Before my hard drive crashed I had a couple of freeware AV
>> programs to check for virii whenever I chose. One of these
>> was based on F-Prot for DOS or a WIndows front-end for
>> that.
>>
>> Could any kind person point me in the right direction to
>> find these or similar programs, once again?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Kim
>>
>Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses et al,
>see
>ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
>and/or
>http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html
>
>J
Next time you attend your Latin class you might want to ask your
professor about plurals of words ending in "'us".

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Cueless wrote:
> Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses et al,
> see
> ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
> and/or
> http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html
>

I'm confused.
Three of you have recommended these same two URLs with no explanation.
The first link is to a page that's an unxplained list of files; these
are presented with no information whatsoever. I have no idea which is
appropriate for my system, nor why you linked to this page: nothing!

Also, we're interested in freeware on this board. From their web site,
it appears that f-prot is a commercial program. Is there a free version?

Finally, I ask that posters refrain from answering questions with
one-liner answers that consist of only a web adddress, a program name,
etc. We cannot read your minds. Please try to explain why you feel that
your recommendation is appropriate -- always!

Thanks.

Richard

David <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

>>Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses et
>>al, see
>>ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
>>and/or
>>http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html
>>
>>J
> Next time you attend your Latin class you might want to ask
> your professor about plurals of words ending in "'us".
>

I did, looong time ago.

[ quot,names "X"-d ]
Hi J,

There is no plural attested in Latin. It's an odd form, virus-
viri-neuter, (the neuter is hard to parallel, maybe analogized
to venenum-veneni-neuter [regular] = poison) which would never
give a plural virii. So viruses it is!

All best, xxx

X.Y.Z
Professor of Greek and Latin
Chair, Department of the Classics
Ivy L. U.
[ /quot ]

J
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Richard Steinfeld <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Cueless wrote:
>> Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses
>> et al, see
>> ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
>> and/or
>> http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html
>>
>
> I'm confused.
> Three of you have recommended these same two URLs with no
> explanation. The first link is to a page that's an
> unxplained list of files; these are presented with no
> information whatsoever. I have no idea which is appropriate
> for my system, nor why you linked to this page: nothing!
>
> Also, we're interested in freeware on this board. From
> their web site, it appears that f-prot is a commercial
> program. Is there a free version?
>
> Finally, I ask that posters refrain from answering
> questions with one-liner answers that consist of only a web
> adddress, a program name, etc. We cannot read your minds.
> Please try to explain why you feel that your recommendation
> is appropriate -- always!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard
>
OK, fair. Forgive me for assuming that those who seek are
willing to seek.

The web page says:
"To download or update one of our free Home User versions please
visit our Home User Download Section"
(the URL is http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/)

The FTP shows directory named DOS contains fp-316b.zip and its
PGP signature (.asc).

Does that help?

J
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(E-Mail Removed)lid wrote:
> Richard Steinfeld <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>
>>Cueless wrote:
>>
>>>Nothing that scans "virii." However, to scan for viruses
>>>et al, see
>>>ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/
>>>and/or
>>>http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html
>>>
>>
>>I'm confused.
>>Three of you have recommended these same two URLs with no
>>explanation. The first link is to a page that's an
>>unxplained list of files; these are presented with no
>>information whatsoever. I have no idea which is appropriate
>>for my system, nor why you linked to this page: nothing!
>>
>>Also, we're interested in freeware on this board. From
>>their web site, it appears that f-prot is a commercial
>>program. Is there a free version?
>>
>>Finally, I ask that posters refrain from answering
>>questions with one-liner answers that consist of only a web
>>adddress, a program name, etc. We cannot read your minds.
>>Please try to explain why you feel that your recommendation
>>is appropriate -- always!
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Richard
>>
>
> OK, fair. Forgive me for assuming that those who seek are
> willing to seek.
>

I'm a good seeker. I sought, but I did not find: the second page was a
list of "updates." But I'd need the whole shebang.


> The web page says:
> "To download or update one of our free Home User versions please
> visit our Home User Download Section"
> (the URL is http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/)
>

Oh, now I see (from this URL):
Note: all the versions _except for Windows_ are free.

> The FTP shows directory named DOS contains fp-316b.zip and its
> PGP signature (.asc).
>
> Does that help?
>
> J

Yes. Now I'm clued in, I think.
So, the Windows version is available as trialware, then retailware. The
other versions are freeware. No wonder there was some mixup.

One question remains:
Is the DOS scan limited to the DOS level, or, as with the AVG DOS scan,
does the f-prot DOS scan also scan all the files on a Windows 9x system
(in other words, all the files on the box, including all the F32 files)?

I'm not opposed to paying a reasonable price for an antivirus program.
After all, it's a lot of work maintaining the thing -- the people can't
work for nothing. One condition, however: if I pay for a security
program like this, the publisher _must_ provide free telephone support;
email-only support is totally worthless when your system is too trashed
to get on line and email them. Make sense?

Richard

Richard Steinfeld <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> One question remains:
> Is the DOS scan limited to the DOS level, or, as with the
> AVG DOS scan, does the f-prot DOS scan also scan all the
> files on a Windows 9x system (in other words, all the files
> on the box, including all the F32 files)?
>
> I'm not opposed to paying a reasonable price for an
> antivirus program. After all, it's a lot of work
> maintaining the thing -- the people can't work for nothing.
> One condition, however: if I pay for a security program
> like this, the publisher _must_ provide free telephone
> support; email-only support is totally worthless when your
> system is too trashed to get on line and email them. Make
> sense?
>
> Richard
>

F-Prot for DOS can scan everything on W9x systems. There are
some limitation on the length of path (127) and the length of
short file names (66). But such names/paths would cause problems
elsewhere, too, e.g., in scandisk.

J
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