theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) (12/10/90)
I am looking for software that runs under xenix yet will detect viruses in DOS software. This will be used on a bbs system operating under xenix (no VP/ix available:-( to scan uploads to DOS file areas. Pointers towards pd, shareware, or commercial solutions -- C source or binaries -- would be welcome. Thanks in advance, George [Ed. George, please summarize any responses that you get to the list. It may be useful to note that there are publicly distributable versions of UNZIP and ARC (in C source) that run under UNIX. Both are available on SIMTEL20.] - --- theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu Dept. of Economics theall@ssctemp.sas.upenn.edu Univ. of Pennsylvania gtheall@penndrls.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA 19104
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (12/11/90)
theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) writes: | I am looking for software that runs under xenix yet will detect | viruses in DOS software. This will be used on a bbs system operating | under xenix (no VP/ix available:-( to scan uploads to DOS file areas. | Pointers towards pd, shareware, or commercial solutions -- C source or | binaries -- would be welcome. If you think about it, there is such a tiny market for this that a commercial solution is unlikely, and would not move fast enough to be useful. What you need is VP/ix, and the best virus detectors you can get. The ones from McAfee and frisk are good starting points. I think I qualify as a leading expert in this field, with many MB/month passing through just this kind of system and into c.b.i.p, and a chance to see a lot of viral infections. You should also run on another machine, with native DOS, a fairly full hard disk, and antiviral checking before and after. You can *not* be too careful. - -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.
theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) (12/20/90)
I recently asked the net for pointers to software running under xenix that would detect virus in DOS software. A decision has yet to be made about which solution to go with, but thanks to those who responded. Here is a summary of the responses received: - - davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) suggests an approach involving VP/ix and a good virus detector, such as those from McAfee and frisk. - - MINSKEEP@PENNSAS.UPENN.EDU (Michael Inskeep) suggests contacting McAfee Associates, 4423 Cheeney Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054 for information. I suppose this would involve contracting with them to port their software. - - warren@worlds.com (Warren Burstein) writes about a set of anti-virus programs called VACCINE produced by his company (WorldWide Software) and says that it would not be difficult to come out with a Xenix or Unix version of that part of the package which scans for viruses. He also provides a list of the viruses which VACCINE will detect and says free updates are available to customers from WorldWide Software's bbs system. [BTW: If you're interested in a unix/xenix port of WorldWide Software's product, Warren says you should contact him directly.] George - --- theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu Dept. of Economics theall@ssctemp.sas.upenn.edu Univ. of Pennsylvania gtheall@penndrls.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA 19104