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Thank you, John for this generous and important advice. -David. On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, John S. Walker wrote: > >disks. Also, make sure you have the newest version of 'scan' which is > >usually available to download from the web. I will ask one of our > >members, "John S. Walker" <[log in to unmask]>, to post a 'how-to' > >message about downloading from the web. > > In order to help protect your system from virus infection you should > periodically scan the system itself for viri and always scan any program you > download immediately. One of the best programs I have found for this is > Mcafee's Virus Scan. This is a shareware program and can be obtained on the > Web at: > > http://www.pioneer.wnyric.org/pub/mirror/mcafee.com/antivirus/ > > There are two versions of the file for DOS: > > scn-251e.zip 452,098 VirusScan for DOS, Version 2.5.1 with (9607) .DAT file > - User installed > scni251e.zip 692,731 VirusScan for DOS, Version 2.5.1 with (9607) .DAT file > - Self Installed > > These are also available by anonymous FTP at ftp.mcafee.com in the > /pub/antivirus/ directory. > > PLEASE NOTE: scan is updated and should be downloaded at least once every > three months and re-installed. There are versions available for the Mac, > OS2, Unix Etc. > > You will require Pkunzip to uncompress these files. This is available > anywhere on the net. You might want to try > http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/newbies/unzipp~1/intro.html as this will get > you a copy of the program and help. > > A program called Autoscan autosn32.zip works well with Virus Scan and > various compression programs. It will create a secure directory and then > unzip and scan the file downloaded for viri and errors. It can be obtained from: > > ftp://ftp.loria.fr/pub/pc/simtel20/virus/ > > autosn32.zip B 36925 910609 Checks ZIP/other archives for virus infection > > If you do not have anything but emial access then send me a note to > [log in to unmask] and I will send you a copy of how to download by email. > > John S. Walker > Central Supply & Services >