Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!philapd!apdnm!baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl!groot From: groot@idca.tds.philips.nl (Henk de Groot) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: problem with CLEAN76 Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 08:40:00 GMT References: <1991Apr20.150454.8713@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1991Apr21.003419.25529@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <1991Apr20.223343.46273@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Sender: news@idca.tds.philips.nl Reply-To: groot@idca.tds.philips.nl (Henk de Groot) Lines: 37 Disclaimer: This opinion is mine alone In <1991Apr20.223343.46273@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes: >In article <1991Apr21.003419.25529@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, pfratar@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Paul Frattaroli - DCS) writes: >> >> Yes, McAffee issued a statement about not using {scanv,vshld,clean}76 >> because there are problems. New versions I think will come out soon.... >Pardon me, but the problem was with version 76. The recommended versions >are SCAN 76-C, VSHLD 76-C and CLEAN 75. And these are the ones that are >currently available in the SIMTEL arvichives and the mirror server in >wuarchive.wustl.edu. I am surprised that not everyone is sick and tired of McAffee's products, they seem to be buggy over and over again! I use F-PROT which proved to be much more stable, is according to reports in comp.virus better in finding variants of virusses, is better is finding viruses anyway, has the ability to add signatures if a new nasty comes out, it's a lot cheeper (private use is free of charge), it only runs a little slower when scanning all files but f-driver is faster than vshield. And.. F-PROT is much more flexible than SCAN & Co. FPROT is available on many archive-sites. I'm not in anyway involved with the product, but I'm sick of seeing the messages on buggy {scan, clean,vshld} release {xx} over and over again. (that FPROT is non-american is not an issue i hope....) Sorry if I hurt anyones feelings but the discussion seems to pop up every release of the SCAN package.. Henk. -- / / Henk de Groot | Department: PG 9000i - System Services /---/ __ __ / V2/A12-A13 | Internet : groot@idca.tds.philips.nl / / (-_ / / /( Tel: +31 55 432099 | == PHILIPS INFORMATION SYSTEMS == Disclaimer: I only speak for myself, not for my employer!