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Re: Virus_Checker8.04

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From: Philip Stokes
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 00:00
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robert mckenzie (robert@kenzie.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> 
> Could one of you kind  persons please help a humble man with a problem that I
> am experiencing with Virus Checker 8.04 and memory usuage.
> 
> I set the temp dir as work:Virus/VC and leave it empty as per the docs
> suggestion and procede to scan my hard disk.  The memory get used as a large
> file is scanned and whereas in previous incarnations of this excellent program,
> once the file was finished with the memory was freed, not so with this version.
> 
> I am not sure if it is the virus checker program itself or do I have the temp
> dir to a specific location.

The last couple of versions of Virus_Checker had a buggy version of
unpack.library in the archive. Replace it with an earlier version from a
previous release and all should be fine. 40.57 works OK.

> BTW  Why does VC return the possible link virus for the game Worms and suggest
> that I delete it.  Strange.

You'll find the answer in the .guide file under "Possible $4eb9 Link
Virus" I believe.

(d.i.s.a removed from follow-ups)

Phil
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Philip Stokes                                    phil@stokes.demon.co.uk
Hertfordshire
England
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From: Philip Stokes <phil@stokes.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Virus_Checker8.04
Date: 1996/06/02
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