R3EJD@AKRONVM.BITNET (Evelyn Duncan) (01/01/91)
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 from infecting his system at home. He would like a program such as Virex. He called Virex's 1-800 number, but it was disconnected. If you know of any program, please contact me.
c-rossgr@uunet.UU.NET (01/04/91)
>From: Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD@AKRONVM.BITNET> > >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 >from infecting his system at home. He would like a program such as >Virex. He called Virex's 1-800 number, but it was disconnected. > >If you know of any program, please contact me. You might want to try calling the Virex people at 919-490-1277. I know there's a 1-800 number, but for me it's just a FastDial code on my phone. Try calling up 1-800 information and ask for either Microcom in Durham, N.C., or for HJC Software (former name until Microcom bought them out). I can probably answer any questions you might have regarding Virex-PC. Ross M. Greenberg Author, Virex-PC & FLU_SHOT+ Views expressed herein are not representative of Microsoft.
pham@px3.stfx.ca (Hai Pham) (01/04/91)
In reply to Evelyn Duncan's question for a PC Virex equivalent. I could be very wrong (if there's away to do it, someone will find away to), but as far as I know, your friend should not need a virus shield to protect himself from infection if all he's going to do is dial in and use your VM system interactively. This is because for a virus to enter a computer through a modem, it must enter via an infected program which was downloaded into his computer. If he does download programs into his system, then all he would have to do is to check it over with a virus scan program, such as McAfee's "scan". This is because before a virus can infect the system, the infected program would have to be ran first, so if you scan for virus infection before you run the program, you will catch them before they can do any harm. There is no way in which your friend could be infected by something like the Internet Worm, if he is only using a terminal emulator. The reason the Internet Worm was able to infect all those Internet sites was because the computers involved all ran a common operating system (UNIX), and it took advantage of a bug in the UNIX mail program to get into the remote system. If I am wrong on any of the above points, I would appreciate immediate feed back (so I can take steps to protect my computer). ******************************************* Hai Pham TPI, Physics Dept. Box 383, Saint Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2G 1C0. Email: pham@phoenix.stfx.ca (Internet) *******************************************