Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Virus detection (unix, pc) Message-ID: <0004.9012122103.AA25390@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 11 Dec 90 15:39:32 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 25 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) writes: | I am looking for software that runs under xenix yet will detect | viruses in DOS software. This will be used on a bbs system operating | under xenix (no VP/ix available:-( to scan uploads to DOS file areas. | Pointers towards pd, shareware, or commercial solutions -- C source or | binaries -- would be welcome. If you think about it, there is such a tiny market for this that a commercial solution is unlikely, and would not move fast enough to be useful. What you need is VP/ix, and the best virus detectors you can get. The ones from McAfee and frisk are good starting points. I think I qualify as a leading expert in this field, with many MB/month passing through just this kind of system and into c.b.i.p, and a chance to see a lot of viral infections. You should also run on another machine, with native DOS, a fairly full hard disk, and antiviral checking before and after. You can *not* be too careful. - -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.