Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!abair From: abair@turbinia.sps.mot.com (Alan Bair) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Viruses Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 90 01:01:03 GMT References: <2177.2715c978@cc.nu.oz.au> Sender: news@oakhill.UUCP Organization: SPS CAD, Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas. Lines: 29 In-reply-to: c8847468@cc.nu.oz.au's message of 12 Oct 90 03:47:35 GMT With all the recent talk about viruses and the fact that I have a new 3000 that I am acquiring software for, I would like to ask a few questions about virus protection. 1. I have VirusX, but it only seems to check floppies, not my hard drive. Is this common with other virus detection programs or am I doing something wrong? 2. If the programs only check floppies, how am I suppose to check the programs I acquire, since most of them are obtained via downloads? I suppose putting them directly on the HD is risky, but they can't cause any damage unless I actually run them. Moving them to floppies for checking seems like a lot of work, but I suspect its less trouble than recovering from being infected. 3. Is it safe to assume that programs downloaded from abcfd or ux1 are virus free, excluding stuff in the incoming directories. Does Fred Fish check the code he distribrutes? 4. Finally, I already mentioned VirusX, what other virus detection/removal programs should I have? Your responses will hopefully help me keep my 3000 viral free :) -- Alan Bair SPS CAD Motorola, Inc. Logic Simulation & Test Austin, Texas abair@turbinia.sps.mot.com