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1 total messages Started by Kenneth R. van Wyk Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:51
Re: Questions about OS2SCAN and OS/2-based AV software in general (OS/
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Author: Kenneth R. van Wyk
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:51
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Aryeh Goretsky writes (in response to Vesselin):

> >Do you know any way in which a known DOS virus can infect an extended
> >filename on an HPFS partition?
> 
> Nope.  But I myself create directories under OS/2 HPFS with names like 
> "MS-DOS 3.3 Files" and "Today's Downloads" in which I keep normal DOS
> files.  I'm sure other people do as well :-)

I, for one, use long file/dir names (such as these) extensively on my
home OS/2 system.  A short filename scanner (e.g., a DOS-based product
running in a DOS session) would see only a very small portion of my
primary HPFS partition, which has DOS files strewn all over it.  That
is why I use an OS/2-specific product.  Opinion: long filenames is one
of the things that makes HPFS so nice to work with, especially when
combined with a command interpreter that can do name completion.

Cheers,

Ken van Wyk
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