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11dmcvay@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Daniel T. McVay) writes:

>In article <1992Aug26.142519.6625@donau.et.tudelft.nl>, andreas@dutedib.et.tudelft.nl (A.A.Buykx) writes:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I recently downloaded f-prot.exe and I downloaded earlier virscan. Now my
>> question is (I am a novice in *anti* virus programs):
>>    Which one of these, or which other program should I use to 
>>    protect my beloved computer from being crunched by some virus.
>> 
>> Thanks for your help, Andreas
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>Simply get any McAfee virus utilities and you're safe. 

Bad advice.  This is simply not true, for at least two reasons.  First off,
McAffee's product is a scanner, and there are limitations to what a scanner
can detect.

Secondly, there is a well-known bug in V93 (and V91?) of MacAffee's scanners
that results in an inability to find all infected files if there is a
widespread infection.  No one should trust MacAffee as their sole
anit-viral these days.

Lastly, let me remind folks that both MacAffee and F-Prot are shareware.
The registration fee for MacAffee is quite high; The author of
F-Prot permits folks to use it for free (no registration) for personal
use.  The commercial registration fee is extremely reasonable ($1.00
per PC per year, $0.75 per PC per year for educational institutions).

>Daniel Mcvay	11dmcvay@gallua.gallaudet.edu	11dmcvay@gallux.gallaudet.edu
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