STCW@NMUMUS.BITNET (Chris Wagner) (04/25/91)
We've just identified the stoned virus on our campus. We would like to get some virus protection out to the pc's asap. We are looking at FPROT and McAfee's SCAN & CLEAN. There are about 1000 pc's on campus, almost all stand-alone pc's. Currently, no protection software is in use on the pc's at this time. Right now, cost is a real factor due to a limited budget. Since the virus was found on several write protected floppies used on drives with good write protection circuitry, we suspect the virus might have been planted intentionally. With that in mind and the thought that a nastier virus might be waiting on a disk somewhere, does anyone have recommendations as to how to initiate some sort of protection and what software to use? I get the impression that the only way to be sure we don't have a virus is to periodically scan our disks with the latest scanning software we can find. Is this true? Is there some software that can "guard the front door" to stop a virus from getting on a disk rather than "constantly checking the house" to see if a disk is already infected. Thanks in Advance. Chris Wagner Computer Technician Microcomputer Maintenance Dept. Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 49855 PHONE: 906-227-1961 BITNET: STCW@NMUMUS