Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: USERQBPP@SFU.BITNET (Robert Slade) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Review of F-PROT (PC) Message-ID: <0011.9008131823.AA10141@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 12 Aug 90 04:20:54 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 5 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu I have used all of SCAN, the IBM VIRSCAN and F-PROT. I have found all of them equally easy to use, and equally effective in detecting viri. However, F-PROT is, in addition to less expensive, more complete in the suite of tools it provides, and easier to add "signatures" to.