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Subject: Requirements for Virus Checkers (PC)
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Date: 19 Jun 91 03:11:30 GMT
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>From:    Robert McClenon <76476.337@CompuServe.COM>

(Sorry for the delay...offline for a while)

>Excuse me, but I use Virex-PC, which is Ross's product.  I do
>occasionally need to remove it, not to troubleshoot IT, but because
>something is incompatible with it.  One commercial game requires 540K
>of FREE memory, not counting MOUSE.SYS, which it uses, and can't fit
>if Virex-PC is installed.

The next version of the code runs the resident virus checker in 608
bytes, Robert.  I think I can shave about 150 more off of that....

>  A third-party fax board program has TSR
>conflicts with Virex-PC.  I don't know what it is doing, but it tries
>to take over the same interrupts as Virex-PC and the results are
>unpredictable.  (Sometimes it refuses to run.  Sometimes it crashes.)

Have you called tech support @ Microcom (919-490-1277) and told them
about it?  We might have a fix someplace around, or can attempt to
figure out what's wrong and fix it in the next release.

EVERYBODY: Never accept a problem with a piece of code: the vendor
can't fix it if they don't know there is a problem.

Ross