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Re: Frisk's VIRSTOP

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From: Kate Wilson
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 08:52
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In article <749195134snx@holly.demon.co.uk> mcr@holly.demon.co.uk (Mark Rogers) writes:

>Does anyone have any experience of using MARK/RELEASE to remove F-PROT's 
>VIRSTOP program from memory? (I need to free as much memory as possible 
>when accessing the net!) Last time I experimented with MARK/RELEASE (with 
>Smartdrv) I completely trashed my hard drive's FAT, and I'd rather seek 
>advice before trying again. Alternatively, is there a hidden (or 
>forthcoming?) command line switch to uninstall?


I don't know of any way to unload VIRSTOP but if you load it using the /DISK 
switch it reduces the amount of memory it takes to about 2K...


kate wilson
sph0301@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu
UT Health Science Center, Houston
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From: sph0301@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu (Kate Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Frisk's VIRSTOP
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1993 08:52:55
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