hv@chyde.uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama LAKE) (09/26/89)
Keith Petersen announced that in Simtel20 they have available a file called SCANRES7.ARC which I thought that were to contain a version of 0.8v37 of SCANRES (resident version of VIRUSCAN). I downloaded it but in that file were SCANRES of version 0.8v35. Why is that ? Is there a conflict somewhere or have I made too far going assumptions about version numbering? -- Harri Valkama : email: hv@chyde.uwasa.fi (internet) Computer Centre, University of Vaasa : P.O.BOX 700 : voice: +358 61 248426 SF-65101 VAASA FINLAND : site: 128.214.12.3
jwright@ATANASOFF.CS.IASTATE.EDU (Jim Wright) (09/26/89)
Unfortunately, John McAfee (who distributes scanres and many other anti-viral programs) seems to have troubles with version numbers. Once a program of his has reached about the fourth public release, you can be certain that somewhere amongst the archive name, program name, program ID string, and documentation there is bound to be a conflict. The ID strings for scanvirus and the documentation have been "out of whack" for quite a while. I can assure you that what I sent to SIMTEL20 is exactly the same as John posted on his BBS. (But it's good that you're on your toes!) Jim