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Started by rslade
Sat, 07 Nov 1992 07:38
Quick antiviral listing (general)
Author: rslade
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 07:38
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 07:38
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I am starting smarting from the flame burns I got last time I posted this.
In addition, the net itself seems to agree with the complainants: it has
"eaten" the last two postings. Nonetheless, five people have requested
this lately, so ...
QUICKREF.RVW 921106
Antiviral software and utilities "quick" reference
Product Ver Type UI Doc Ease Ovrl Price Comments
SDRIMOE CG 1-4 I U 1-4
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Amiga
BootX 4.50 SDRM G free
amiga.physik.unizh.ch, ux1.cso.uiuc.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu
Computer Virus Cat.9207 info 4 4 Free
CARO, cert
VirusChecker 6.06
amiga.physik.unizh.ch, ux1.cso.uiuc.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu
VirusX (outdated?)
s.tibbett on BIX
ZeroVirus
Atari
Computer Virus Cat.9207 info 4 4 Free
CARO, cert
VKILLER 3.84
woodside@ttidca.com
Mac
Advanced Security (see MS-DOS)
Computer Virus Cat.9207 info 4 4 Free
CARO, cert
Disinfectant 2.9 SDR
nwu
Gatekeeper 1.2.6 R MO Free
Chris Johnson
Rival
Microseeds Publishing
SAM 3.0.8SD M $99
Symantec/Norton
Virex (see MS-DOS, product not by same author)
VirusDetective
Jeff Shulman
MS-DOS
Advanced Security I OE C 2 2 3 1 PCADVGRV.RVW
Advanced Gravis
Antivirus (IRIS) SDR M C 2 2 4 2 $49 PCANTIVR.RVW
Fink Enterprises
Antivirus-Plus SDR M C 2 2 4 2 $99 PCANTIVP.RVW
Trend Micro
Anti-Virus Toolkit 6.0? SDRIMO CG 3 2 3 4 PCDSAVT.RVW
S&S International Ltd., sands@cix.compulink.co.uk, perComp Verlag, Ontrack
Central Point Anti-virusSDRI O G 3 2 2 2 not coexist with others
Central Point PCCPAV.RVW
Certus LAN 2.0 SD I O CG 2 1 3 2 PCCERTUS.RVW
Certus
Computer Virus Cat.9207 info 4 4 Free
CARO, cert
Control Room I G 2 4 4 2 PCCTRLRM.RVW
Borland
Data Physician + 3.1A SDRIM C 2 2 2 2 PCDATPHS.RVW
Digital Dispatch
DISKSECURE 1.15A IM C 2 3 3 4 BSIs only
risc, urvax, eugene cf also FixMBR, FixUTIL PCDSKSEC.RVW
SafeMBR, CHKSMBR, CHKMEM, CHKBOOT in FixUtil etc. are free
Eliminator 1.17 SDR C 3 2 3 2 PCELMNTR.RVW
British Computer Virus Research Centre
F-PROT 2.06 SDR CG 3 3 3 4 home - free, bus. - $1/CPU
frisk@complex.is, risc, urvax, eugene, garbo PCFPROT.RVW
Hoffman Summary 209 info G 3 3 $35
risc, urvax, eugene
HTScan 1.8 S C 2 3 3 3 Free (non-comm.)
(also VSIG 9210)
risc, urvax, eugene, garbo
IBM Anti-Virus Prod2.19 S C 3 3 3 3 $35/company PCIBMSCN.RVW
local IBM rep
Integrity Master 1.24 S I CG 3 3 3 $35 PCIM.RVW
risc, urvax, eugene
LANProtect 1.0 S CG 1 2 2 2
Intel
Mace Vaccine 3.0 M G 1 3 2 1 PCMACE.RVW
Fifth Generation
Norton AntiVirus SDRI G 2 3 2 3 $130 PCNRTNAV.RVW
Symantec/Norton
PC-Cillin 2.95L SDRIM G 3 3 3 2 $139 PCCILL2N.RVW
Trend Micro
SafeWord Virus-Safe1.12 I C 2 3 4 3 PCSAFWRD.RVW
Enigma Logic
Thunderbyte Scan 4.3 S C 2 2 3 3 $29 PCTBSCAN.RVW
(also VSIG 9210)
(a beta version of a revised product, TBAVB500 is also available)
risc, urvax, eugene, garbo
VACCINE (WWS) 5.00 SD IMO C 2 1 2 2 PCWWSVCN.RVW
The Davidsohn Group
VACCINE (Sophos) 9111 S I CG 2 2 2 3 PCSOPHOS.RVW
Untouchable 1.1 SDRIM CG 2 2 2 2 PCUNTUCH.RVW
Fifth Generation Systems
VDS 2.10T I CG 2 2 3 2 PCVDS.RVW
risc, urvax, eugene
Victor Charlie 5.0 IM C 3 2 3 3 $99 PCVC.RVW
Delta Base Enterprises
Virex-PC 2.2 SDRIM G 4 2 4 4 $99 PCVIREX.RVW
Microcom
ViruCide SD G 3 4 3 3 $49 PCVIRCID.RVW
Parsons Technology
Virus0Buster 3.75 SDRIMO CG 3 3 3 4 PCVRBSTR.RVW
Leprechaun Software (70451.3621@compuserve.com)
VIRUSCAN Suite 97 SDRIM C 2 2 2 3 ~$25/module
risc, urvax, SIMTEL, garbo, mcafee.com PCSCAN.RVW
VirusSafe LAN 4.01 SDRI O CG 2 2 3 2 PCVIRSAF.RVW
EliaShim Micro
VIRx 2.4 S C 2 3 4 4 Free (non-comm.)
risc, urvax, eugene, SIMTEL, Microcom
Vi-Spy 10.0 SDR M CG 2 2 3 3 $150 PCVISPY.RVW
RG Software Systems
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Key:
Type - S=scanner, D=disinfection (restoration of state), R=resident,
I=integrity checking, M=activity monitor, O=operation restricting,
E=encryption
UI - user interface - C=command line, G=menu or GUI
The following are based on a 1=poor - 4=excellent scale
Doc - documentation
Ease - I=installation, U=use
Ovrl - overall rating for general use
Sites:
CARO - ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (134.100.4.42)
cert - cert.org (192.88.209.5)
eugene - eugene.utmb.edu (129.109.9.21)
garbo - garbo.uwasa.fi
nwu - ftp.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.113.52)
risc - risc.ua.edu
simtel - wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
urvax - urvax.urich.edu
For others see Jim Wright's postings.
For more detailed reviews see /pub/virus-l/docs/reviews at cert
For general virus info see VIRUSFAQ.TXT at cert
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1992 QUICKREF.RVW 921106
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Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | Omne ignotum pro magnifico.
Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | - Anything little known
Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca | is assumed to be
User p1@CyberStore.ca | wonderful.
Security Canada V7K 2G6 | - Tacitus
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