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From: kforward@kean.ucs.mun.ca (Ken Forward)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Interesting interaction ( VIRx & SCAN ) (PC)
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Date: 19 Jun 91 16:30:21 GMT
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p1@arkham.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Slade) writes:
> Noted an interesting interaction between two antivirals the other day,
> and finally tracked it down.  If VIRx 1.4 is run before SCAN 77, SCAN
> will "detect" the presence of the 3445 and Doom 2 viri in memory and
> refuse to run.

Tried this out for myself; no 3445 or Doom 2, but Taiwan3 [T3] was
"found" in memory.  Has anyone experienced any other false positives
with this combination ?

Cheers,
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