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Richard Oliver
Will F-Prot run on an XP platform ??
--Richard
--Richard
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badgolferman
Richard Oliver, 7/28/2005, 11:31:03 AM,
F-Prot for Windows will, F-Prot for DOS won't. At first it looks like
it is, but it shuts down shortly into the scan.
F-Prot for Windows will, F-Prot for DOS won't. At first it looks like
it is, but it shuts down shortly into the scan.
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Malke
Yes. I use F-Prot on all my Windows machines. I've used it for years andbadgolferman said:
am very happy with it.
Malke
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badgolferman
Are you referring to F-Prot for DOS under XP platform? If so then the
below information from the website may be informational.
http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/dos/
F-Prot Antivirus for DOS will run under Windows 3.x, Windows 95, 98, ME
or UNIX, LINUX or Macintosh workstation running a DOS or Windows
emulator.
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Cor
If you use NTFS4DOS it wil.
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Roger Wilco
Sources I trust have mentioned here many times that F-Prot for DOS does
not work properly on XP irrespective of which file system one chooses
when installing XP. The OP should use F-Prot for Windows instead as
mentioned by another poster.
not work properly on XP irrespective of which file system one chooses
when installing XP. The OP should use F-Prot for Windows instead as
mentioned by another poster.
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Zvi Netiv
Malke said:
F-Prot for DOS shouldn't be relied upon when scanning under an NT based OS (NT /
W2K / XP), only when launched from DOS / Win 9x as it will skip directories,
regardless whether the file system is FAT32 or NTFS.
Regards, Zvi
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Zvi Netiv
Roger Wilco said:
NTFS4DOS is a DOS driver, used to mount NTFS volumes *under DOS*. The governing
factor whether F-Prot will run properly on the platform is the OS, *not* the
target drive file system. As Frisk explained here, years ago, the problem is
with the DOS extender used.
Regards, Zvi
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idbeholda
Actually, it does. To bypass that little glitch, all you have to do is
manually type in the path that you want to scan, and enable recursive
scanning. I use F-Prot DOS on my machine all the time without too much
problem.
manually type in the path that you want to scan, and enable recursive
scanning. I use F-Prot DOS on my machine all the time without too much
problem.
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James Egan
Actually, It doesn't.
Jim.
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* * Chas
| On 30 Jul 2005 11:38:42 -0700, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
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| Jim.
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Actually, it does - from a DOS boot disk..... but it probably doesn't
scan correctly.
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| Actually, It doesn't.
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| Jim.
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Actually, it does - from a DOS boot disk..... but it probably doesn't
scan correctly.
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Roger Wilco
Zvi Netiv said:
So, the answer to "Will F-Prot run on an XP platform ??" is still no if
F-Prot for DOS and XP's DOS emulation are indicated? Using NTFS4DOS
indicates the user is not using XP's DOS emulator and so the "XP
platform" part of the question is not relevant to the answer "If you use
NTFS4DOS it wil". It's like answering "Linux" to the question "What is
the best AV".
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Roger Wilco
* * Chas said:
Actually it doesn't - a boot to DOS is no longer an "XP platform"
whereas a DOS window within XP would still be. Booting to DOS would not
support NTFS without the driver supplied by NTFS4DOS (for scanning) and
then you would need to pro version to affect any changes (write
capability).
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slartyb
ok, i read all that so how about this:
Boot from ntfsdos floppies/then run f-prot for dos from a directory
on the hard drive.?
will this work PROPERLY?
ban rectum thermometers
Boot from ntfsdos floppies/then run f-prot for dos from a directory
on the hard drive.?
will this work PROPERLY?
ban rectum thermometers
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Ghostown
badgolferman said:
Im sorry to disagree with you, but this is not true. I have used FPROT for
DOS on many XP machines and never had a problem. You may have a problem on
your machine.
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badgolferman
Try it and watch the scan to see how it skips entire directory trees..
Read the results and see how few files have actually been scanned. Why
do you think Frisk does not list W2K and WXP as OSes F-Prot for DOS can
be used on?
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James Egan
So "Will F-Prot (for dos) run on an XP platform ?"
If you have to boot to another operating system, then the answer is
surely no.
Even if the xp machine has a fat32 filesystem it won't work properly
unless you boot to another operating system.
If you want to run f-prot from a command line, the windows version
contains fpcmd.exe to enable this and it works fine in a winxp dosbox
Jim.
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James Egan
You are wrong. There was a time when I thought as you do. It looks
like it completes fully. However, you need to look very closely at how
many files are being scanned compared to how many you have.
Jim.
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Zvi Netiv
Roger Wilco said:So, the answer to "Will F-Prot run on an XP platform ??" is still no if
F-Prot for DOS and XP's DOS emulation are indicated? Using NTFS4DOS
indicates the user is not using XP's DOS emulator and so the "XP
platform" part of the question is not relevant to the answer "If you use
NTFS4DOS it wil". It's like answering "Linux" to the question "What is
the best AV".
Idiotic sophistry.
It depends on what you understand as an "XP platform". A PC with only XP
installed will be considered by most users as an XP platform, even when switched
off. Hence, not the running OS is what makes it a "platform", the installed
system does.
I stand by my statement.
Regards, Zvi
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James Egan
I don't think many would agree with that.
Jim.