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Quoting from Vesselin Bontchev to All About Re: Untouchable (PC) on 
01-13-93

VB> I has improved much since then. And I even don't have the latest
VB> version...

I had 1.1 myself, and FGS sent me an update notice, and I dowmloaded the 
1.13 upgrade from their BBS. All they updated in the 1.13 version was the 
TSR, and scanner.

VB> I have not seen a recent version of Victor Charlie, so I cannot
VB> comment on that. (I saw on a few years ago and it was very poor, but 
VB> have heard that the product has been completely redesigned.) Integrit
VB> Master is undoubtedly the best shareware integrity checker around, bu
VB> it is still MUCH worse that the integrity checker in Untouchable...

I have both the commercial, and share ware versions of Integrity Master 
5.0, and I found the Integrity checking to be pretty good. I would like it 
better if Victor Charlie stored the database of CRCs on a rescue diskette.
 
Personally; I like Integrity Master better than the integrity checking in 
Untouchable for the following reasons.
 
1. IM creates two CRCs per file
2. integrity Master creates can create CRCs for all files instead of just 
   the subset of executable files.

Granted Integrity Master can be improved. In fact I'm trying to talk 
Wolfgang into updating the scanner in IM to detect boot sector droppers.
 
Untouchable doesn't detect droppers either, and I consider them to be a 
fairly large security hole.
 
Prevention is always the best policy.
 
Bill

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