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Re: VSHIELD, VIRSTOP, ... comparison ? (PC)

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From: Fridrik Skulason
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:50
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bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev) writes:

>2) VShield can scan a file while it is being copied. VirStop does not
>have such a feature yet, although Frisk is promising it since a long
>time.

I have it working on my desk now...needs a bit of testing, though, but I hope
to be able to include this feature in 2.07.

>amount of memory used. This slows down the loading of the programs.
>VirStop does not have such an option (although Frisk intends to
>implement it), but then the memory requirements for VirStop are much
>more modest.

Uh, not correct.  VirStop CAN swap its signatures out to disk (with the /DISK)
switch, in which case the memory requirements drop down to 2K or so.

- -frisk
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