On-demand Antivirus Software?

[Kim]

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

 

[AAH]

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



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

 

[me]

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

 

[Cueless]

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?s=virii&gwp=11&ver=1.0.2.84&method=2&au=
1

 

[David]

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".

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

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

 

[me]

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

 

[me]

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

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

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

 

[me]

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

 

[David]

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?

The DOS version is free as is the Linux 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

F-prot has been one of the best virus-scanner programs since the early
1990s. While they charge for the Windoze version the DOS version
remains free. Make sure you pick up the latest data files in the form
of Macrodef.zip and FP-def.zip. When you have unzipped all files into
the same directory you can boot from a write-protected floppy and run
the f-prot.exe program to scan all your files.

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

The DOS version is free as is the Linux version.




F-prot has been one of the best virus-scanner programs since the early
1990s. While they charge for the Windoze version the DOS version
remains free. Make sure you pick up the latest data files in the form
of Macrodef.zip and FP-def.zip. When you have unzipped all files into
the same directory you can boot from a write-protected floppy and run
the f-prot.exe program to scan all your files.

Thanks David and "me."
I'm clear now, and it looks like a "go."

Richard

 

[Janice]

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.

From ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/ download the f-prot.zip (or fp-316b.zip)
file. Unzip it to the directory of your choice (such as C:\F-Prot).
Also download the latest signature updates, which can be found in the fp-
def.zip and macrdef2.zip files. Unzip those and copy their contents over
the existing files with the same names in your F-Prot folder. Make a
shortcut to f-prot.exe on your desktop and/or start menu and you're ready
to roll (well, check through the options before starting the scan in case
you want to change anything).

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)?

Both of the systems I run it on use FAT32. It scans them just fine from
a DOS box in Windows.

 

[Sparky]

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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?

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Richard

Richard;

I've no experience with the above but have been using Clamwin (a free,
open-source project hosted on Sourceforge.net). Although it is in beta,
I find it stable and, since this is the Windoze component of a
multi-platform project I anticipate it will be around for a long time.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin/

hth,
-Sparky