XLYKN8@IRISHMVS.BITNET (DAN MANDELL) (09/24/90)
My initial attempts to install the F-Prot virus protection package has met with several difficulties. 1. Once the "device=c:f-driver.sys" is added to config.sys on a Data Storage 386 SX the system will not boot. 2. The F-oschk program when run with all 5 parameters to check the boot sector as well as the partition boot record causes repeated problems, because the boot sector changes with each boot on the the systems I have tried it on thus far. It seems that without these two modules working for us will would not be adequately protected against boot sector/partition boot record virii. Dan Mandell Computer Services, Saint Mary's College Xlykn8@irishmvs.bitnet
pjc@sirius.melb.bull.oz.au (Paul Carapetis) (09/25/90)
> My initial attempts to install the F-Prot virus > protection package has met with several difficulties. > 1. Once the "device=c:f-driver.sys" > is added to config.sys on a Data Storage 386 SX > the system will not boot. > 2. The F-oschk program when run with all 5 parameters > to check the boot sector as well as the partition > boot record causes repeated problems, because > the boot sector changes with each boot on the the > systems I have tried it on thus far. > It seems that without these two modules working for > us will would not be adequately protected against > boot sector/partition boot record virii. > Dan Mandell > Computer Services, Saint Mary's College > Xlykn8@irishmvs.bitnet Dan, I have been testing FPROT on a Bull 386SX with no problems. I am surprised that you have had problems with F-DRIVER.SYS - I have had none. Is it possible that this problem may be a conflict with any of the software you are running? Especially, check any T&SR software. As for the boot sector problem - writing to the boot sector regularly is BAD practise along with executables that modify themselves! There is nothing you can do about this apart from complain to the manufacturers! | Paul Carapetis, Software Advisor (Unix, DOS) | Phone: 61 3 4200944 | | Melbourne Development Centre | Fax: 61 3 4200445 | | Bull HN Information Systems Australia Pty Ltd |-------------------------| | ACSnet : pjc@bull.oz | What's said here is my | | Internet: pjc@melb.bull.oz.au | opinion (and its right!)|