Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!vela!w8sdz From: w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: New Anti-virals from McAfee's BBS uploaded to SIMTEL20 Summary: Files with the same name as older versions are no longer accepted Message-ID: <4152@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 8 Dec 90 00:30:26 GMT References: <1525.w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> <864@pdxgate.UUCP> Reply-To: w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives Lines: 35 griffin@eecs.UUCP (Jon Griffin) writes: >w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL ("Keith Petersen") writes: >>pd1: >>CLEAN71B.ZIP Universal virus disinfector, heals/removes >>SCANV71B.ZIP VirusScan, scans disk files for 160 viruses >>VALIDATE.CRC From McAfee BBS: CRC validation list of pgms >>VSHLD71.ZIP Resident virus infection prevention program > >Some files, such as SCANVxxx.ZIP get updated so often as to be a problem just >keeping up with the current name. Is it possible to always name these files >the same name? No, I've tried that with other files and I received numerous complaints from users who say they don't know when a new version has been uploaded. There have been problems with the LISTERV and TRICKLE servers not replacing old versions with newer versions of the same name. I received one complaint about a file that was over a year out of date on the servers. It seems they missed the update during an extended network outage. The anti-virus programs get updated by the author about once per month. This last update was a bug fix, so there was a rapid change in the files within a few days. That is not the normal situation. If you have questions or suggestions about SIMTEL20 please send them to me at one of the addresses below. There are usually good reasons for the way we do things at SIMTEL20. Ask before posting in a public forum. It saves a lot of bandwidth. Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND