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From: atoenne@julien.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Andreas Toenne)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Virus Software Advice
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Date: 8 Oct 90 12:11:24 GMT
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Hello,

I'm new to the PC world and very concerned about viruses.  The last
days I've downloaded tons (lots of megabytes) of anti-virus software
of all kinds. Now, who tells me which software itself is a trojan or
virus and which I may use as a good starting point.  Lots of the virus
tools were written my McAfee and look quite good.

I'd like to have some advice
- - which virus detection program is versatile enough to do the job
- - what is the best source to REMOVE viruses
- - how dangerous is it to install permanent anti-virus software and
- - what are their benefits against pure ASCII in/out and
  prechecking every binary before copying it to the system.

Please do not start a religious war about the quality of tools but
try to sort out old stuff. E-mail and I'll summary.

	Thanx in advance,

	Andreas Toenne
	atoenne@unido.uucp