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>We are looking for a virus protection solution for our Win'95 users.  We have
>been using F-PROT for DOS systems, but now need to have something available for
>the users who have switched to Win'95.
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>Pam
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>Pamela G. Gades
>Sr. User Services Specialist


Pam,
  We're in the same situation. The commercial version of F-PROT was
supposed to come out with a Win 95 version, but I haven't contacted them
yet to see if it's ready. I'd really like to stay with F-PROT if I can.
Pricing in the Spring of '95 for the commercial version of F-PROT DOS was
$10 US per computer

  The other companies, McAfee, Symantac, et al, have versions but I haven't
heard either good or bad. Although the past track records for McAfee &
Symantac on the DOS side vs F-PROT haven't been good: false positives,
misidentification, untimely updates...

  I've talked to Symantac about Norton Antivirus & they post updates to
their virus definitions once a month on BBS's, Compuserve, Internet, &
probably other places.  It came preinstalled on new Zenith computers we
acquired for a lab. But we're having problems reinstalling it because we
want to run Win 95 from a server. (Win 95 runs okay from the server, but
there's a problem installing NAV after we installed Win 95 on the server).

  I haven't checked McAfee yet, but I haven't been thrilled with their
pricing structure in the past.

  There's another antivirus program called Solomon's toolkit by S&S
International. I've heard good things about it, but I haven't had time to
test it. It's available at the standard FTP sites. I don't remember
pricing.

Mark :-)
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