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From: stevens@shiva.trl.oz (Tony Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Viruses
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Date: 8 Aug 90 05:48:49 GMT
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jmorriso@fs0.ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes:


>My virus scanner, scan by Macafee by default only seems to look at .exe and
>.com files. Fine for DOS but a lot of shareware/pd programs also use .dll
>libraries. .drv files also have executable code and if I'm not mistaken,
>.fon font files can have code too (I'm just guessing, since they have the
>message "This program requires Microsoft WIndows" in them)

The MacAfee Document file specifies the following:

   "Use the /E option to scan specified overlay files.  Scan will
    default to OVL, OVG, OV1, OV2, OVR, SYS, BIN and PIF.  Scan will
    search these overlay files for any viruses capable of infecting
    overlays.  If you are using an application with overlay extensions
    other than the defaults, then specify the extension names (up to
    three) using the /E option.  Example:

          SCAN C: /E .ABC .XYZ .123
   "
So you can therefore test any overlay file associated with Windows or
any other programme.

Tony Stevens
Manager Plans & Programmes
Telecom Australia Research Labs.
Melbourne, Australia.