Re: Frisk's VIRSTOP

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From: Mark Rogers
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 23:22

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In article <749172531snz@muir.demon.co.uk> malcolm@muir.demon.co.uk writes:
> It is generally accepted by the Antivirus Authors that there should
> be no way to unload the Guard TSR's since such a call would give a
> virus a means of bypassing the security (unload, infect, reload) and
> infect a machine whilst the user believed himself secure.
> 
> I believe some virus stopper TSR's go to some trouble to prevent
> themselves being unloaded.

I know that McAfee's VSHIELD has an uninstall option, together with the 
facility to disable it. I have now managed to hide the checker up in high 
memory so it's out of the way, so providing that my other assumption 
(that download speeds won't be affected) is correct I guess I have 
nothing to worry about.

Mark.
-- 
mcr@holly.demon.co.uk          "I'm an egg in the teeth of a shark" (Squeeze)

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