p1@rlyeh.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade) (01/10/91)
R3EJD@AKRONVM.BITNET (Evelyn Duncan) writes: > A friend of mine has an IBM-compatible computer and wants to dial into > the VM system here, but he needs a program that will prevent viruses Are you saying that he is worried about getting an infection, in some way, on his PC from an IBM mainframe running VM? If so, he can stop worrying, for some time at least. I assume he would be using some kind of terminal emulation package rather than being linked in some sort of network situation, but the worst that could happen is to act as a carrier for some sort of "mail virus/worm". That would still be the case whether or not he used a terminal in place of a PC, and whether or not he called in from outside, and would not affect his PC at all. (And in any case, it would be your problem. :-) ) > Virex. He called Virex's 1-800 number, but it was disconnected. The address and phone numbers I have for Microcom (makers of Virex, for the Mac, and Virex-PC) are: 3700-B Lyckan Parkway P. O. Box 51816 Durham, NC 27717 919-490-1277 fax 919-490-6672 They also have an office in England. A brief observation: Ross Greenburg, who wrote Flu-Shot, also wrote Virex-PC, and the scanner portion, VPCSCAN is *very* fast in operation. The documentation for the product is well written and helpful. You might also try the F-PROT and SCAN shareware protection products.