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Article #4574Requirements for Virus Checkers (PC)
From: microsoft!c-rossgr
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 03:11
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 03:11
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>From: Robert McClenon <76476.337@CompuServe.COM> (Sorry for the delay...offline for a while) >Excuse me, but I use Virex-PC, which is Ross's product. I do >occasionally need to remove it, not to troubleshoot IT, but because >something is incompatible with it. One commercial game requires 540K >of FREE memory, not counting MOUSE.SYS, which it uses, and can't fit >if Virex-PC is installed. The next version of the code runs the resident virus checker in 608 bytes, Robert. I think I can shave about 150 more off of that.... > A third-party fax board program has TSR >conflicts with Virex-PC. I don't know what it is doing, but it tries >to take over the same interrupts as Virex-PC and the results are >unpredictable. (Sometimes it refuses to run. Sometimes it crashes.) Have you called tech support @ Microcom (919-490-1277) and told them about it? We might have a fix someplace around, or can attempt to figure out what's wrong and fix it in the next release. EVERYBODY: Never accept a problem with a piece of code: the vendor can't fix it if they don't know there is a problem. Ross
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!ukma!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: microsoft!c-rossgr@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Requirements for Virus Checkers (PC) Message-ID: <0013.9106201437.AA20289@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 19 Jun 91 03:11:30 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List <VIRUS-L@LEHIIBM1> Lines: 26 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu