f-prot

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Very good av program, found viri that others have missed in the past.
used to have the win version, but if you cant start win, what do you do, go
to dos, so I use the DOS version all the time, in win & in Dos, & it's FREE.
& updated more than enuff for free too, not like the bloatware from symantec
& mcafee etc....with HUGE definitions etc, resource hogging stuff it is...

just my 2.2c worth (GST included) :-)
 
No-One said:
Very good av program, found viri that others have missed in the past.
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Oh, I am sure all AV programs out there have, in the past, found a virus
that wasn't detected by other AV programs...
just my 2.2c worth (GST included) :-)
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What about inflation?
 
It runs from DOS and when you want it to. Quiet and lethal.
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But to make F-prot most effective, you should use a boot disk to
make your computer run exclusively in MS-DOS. If Windows is
left running in the background, F-prot will refuse to scan any files
that Windows is currently using. These may or may not be infected.

If you have a friend running Win95 or Win98, ask them to put
a blank floppy into the A: drive and then type from the command
line, "FORMAT A: /S" (without the quotes). Then shut down
your own computer, insert your new boot disk, and power up
again. Go to the C:drive, then your F-prot directory, start F-prot,
and you are away with a TOTAL virus scan / cleanup.

I do this with my own computer about once a week, first checking
to see if F-prot has released a new set of virus definitions....

Good luck and happy virus zapping!
 
It runs from DOS and when you want it to. Quiet and lethal.

Jan :)
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Another plus is that most windows based AVs can be de-activated
by malware. It is wise to have a DOS based AV available for such
situations.

BoB
 
Hi Goober,

Goober said:
But to make F-prot most effective, you should use a boot disk to
make your computer run exclusively in MS-DOS. If Windows is
left running in the background, F-prot will refuse to scan any files
that Windows is currently using. These may or may not be infected.

If you have a friend running Win95 or Win98, ask them to put
a blank floppy into the A: drive and then type from the command
line, "FORMAT A: /S" (without the quotes). Then shut down
your own computer, insert your new boot disk, and power up
again. Go to the C:drive, then your F-prot directory, start F-prot,
and you are away with a TOTAL virus scan / cleanup.

I do this with my own computer about once a week, first checking
to see if F-prot has released a new set of virus definitions....
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That is the way I do it, but, many don't know to do that. These days I check
for updates every day and run it every other day, I run all the other stuff
every day. It's good that you brought the boot disk up so others will know
how to do it that way for the best results

Running it from Windows is sorta like tying to account for all the chickens
while leaving the fox watching the henhouse. ;-) .
Good luck and happy virus zapping!
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Thank you, and you too..<g>

Jan :)
 
Hi BoB,

BoB said:
Another plus is that most windows based AVs can be de-activated
by malware. It is wise to have a DOS based AV available for such
situations.
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Yes...I do try to be a good student. ;-))

Jan :)





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Hi Goober,



That is the way I do it, but, many don't know to do that. These days I check
for updates every day and run it every other day, I run all the other stuff
every day. It's good that you brought the boot disk up so others will know
how to do it that way for the best results

Running it from Windows is sorta like tying to account for all the chickens
while leaving the fox watching the henhouse. ;-) .
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Aahhh... perfectly put!

Thank you, and you too..<g>
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My pleasure...
 
In Message-ID:<gGu2c.13398$Zp.5425@fed1read07> posted on Sat, 6 Mar 2004
Running it from Windows is sorta like tying to account for all the chickens
while leaving the fox watching the henhouse. ;-) .
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There is a quick and easy way to invoke f-prot from within a windows
session to scan a file or folder or even a drive, and have it output a
report to your desktop.
Copy this into notepad, leaving the blank line at the end
---begin---
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\F-Prot]
@="Scan with F-Prot"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shell\F-Prot\command]
@="c:\\Program Files\\F-Prot\\F-Prot.exe /ARCHIVE /PACKED /DUMB
/Report=C:\\Windows\\Desktop\\f-prot.txt \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\F-Prot]
@="Scan with F-Prot"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shell\F-Prot\command]
@="c:\\Program Files\\F-Prot\\F-Prot.exe /ARCHIVE /PACKED /DUMB
/Report=C:\\Windows\\Desktop\\f-prot.txt \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\F-Prot]
@="Scan with F-Prot"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\F-Prot\command]
@="c:\\Program Files\\F-Prot\\F-Prot.exe /ARCHIVE /PACKED /DUMB
/Report=C:\\Windows\\Safety\\f-prot.txt \"%1\""

---end---
You might have to unwrap it so that everything after the "@" symbol is
on one line in each of the key values. I can force Agent to post it
unwrapped, but it will probably get wrapped in your reader anyway.
Now save it as "F-Prot Scan.reg"
After you merge it into your registry, you will get a right click
"context" option on any file, folder, or drive, with a report delivered
to your desktop.
Hint* - Don't try to scan multiple targets (highlighting more than one
item at a time) or the output file will only reflect the last object
scanned. If there are several things you want to scan, put them all in
one folder and select it.
I've run this for years in w95b, and now in w98se, it should work in ME.
I don't know about NTFS OSes however, maybe someone can evaluate it on
one.
 
...comments about it?
F-Prot AV program found a suspicious program on my Win98se OS, where no
other AV scanner did (i scanned using 3 other different AV's before
taking action).
only F-Prot came thru.

BTW- it was not a false alarm.

S_H
 
Semi Head said:
F-Prot AV program found a suspicious program on my Win98se OS, where no
other AV scanner did (i scanned using 3 other different AV's before
taking action).
only F-Prot came thru.

BTW- it was not a false alarm.
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So, it wasn't a false alarm - what *was* it? I'm just curious. I
am not trying to defend any particular AV product.
 
F-Prot AV program found a suspicious program on my Win98se OS, where no
other AV scanner did (i scanned using 3 other different AV's before
taking action).
only F-Prot came thru.

BTW- it was not a false alarm.

S_H
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I have been using fprot for windows for a 1.5 years.
It does very well but I run 2 AV programs because it missed one one time.
Also, it has strange behavior occasionally. I`ll scan a file w/ fprot and it says ok.
I`ll scan with Kav and kav says ok, but fprot`s real time protector says that there is
a suspicious file when Kav opens the file. I don`t know why the difference.

If it was only suspicious, how do you know it wasn`t a false alarm?



Regards Buddy B
 
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