Re: Vshield vs Virstop (PC)

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From: Vesselin Bontchev
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:20

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mcafee@netcom.com (McAfee Associates) writes:

> as789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Francisco J. Diaz) writes:
> >Hi All! I have a small question, Which antivirus TSR would you
> >recommend me to use? Vshield or Virstop? I have seen them both but the

> Isn't VIRSTOP a program by IBM for internal use by IBM employees only?

I guess, he is referring to the resident scanner called VIRSTOP.EXE
from the F-Prot package. BTW, the IBM product is not "internal use
only" any more; they have released it as a commercial (but cheap)
product.

Regards,
Vesselin
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