JPARR1@UA1VM.ua.edu (Mark Parr) (03/23/91)
>I am looking for some info regarding FPROT114 vs. SCANV75. What are >the advantages disadvantages of each. I would also like some info on >FPROT114 vs. NETSCAN75. Please respond directly to me. Thanks in >advance. >Jeff >usgjej@gsuvm1 >usgjej@gsuvm1.gsu.edu I've just started using FPROT in order to determine what I want to use as virus-protection: Scan/McAfee products or FPROT. I've not used FPROT enough to give you an "experienced" comparison, but there is one major plus in FPROT's favor: F-DRIVER.SYS I like the "security" that both VSHIELD and F-DRIVER provide against know viruses. However, VSHIELD slows the system down (at least mine -- an XT clone) a considerable amount. I'm tempted to CTRL-BREAK out of it before gets loaded. Since F-DRIVER is loaded in CONFIG.SYS, I can't do that now. :) Furthermore, programs seem to load faster using F-DRIVER. (The problem with VSHIELD's speed probably was related to me using the /SWAP switch.) Still, both are quality products..... - ---------- "Women: Can't live with 'em. Can't shoot 'em." Steven Wright - ---------- |-- JPARR1@UA1VM.BITNET -- JPARR@MIBSRV.MIB.ENG.UA.EDU Mark Parr --|-- University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa |-- (Understanding computers begins with Time-Life books.)
adlacy%unix2.tcd.ie@BITNET.CC.CMU.EDU (03/27/91)
I use both F-PROT and the McAfee suite. I used John McAfee's virus s/w for a while before F-PROT. Up till then I had found nothing to beat it. Fridrik Skulason's F-PROT is fantastic. But it has some problems. I use F-DRIVER.SYS as I find it quicker on my XT than VSHIELD (although VSHIELD has the added protection of refusing to warm boot off an infected floppy). However SCAN is better than F-FCHK, as it is much faster. [Note I do NOT know which scans for more viruses] I use F-DISINF to disinfect Boot Sector Viruses...it's faster than clean generally...but I use CLEAN to cleanup file viruses. I also use F-LOCK and F-POPUP to protect against unknown viruses and trojans [as they look out for funny stuff like direct writes to disk, and deleting locked com/exe files..etc.]. I have found a small problem with these unde DESQVIEW v2.3 in that when you tell it shut off for the duration of the running program, they sometimes do just that...or they sometimes shut off for as long as I keep the DOS window open under DV. As I say...a small problem, as if I did suspect something I wouldn't test it Desqview in the first place...and I usually do test EVERYTHING I d/l v. thoroughly before running. cheers, Andy!