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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:45:39 PST8
From:	< "jr_fox@pacbell.net" > jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RE: Multiboot Antivirus Protection

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From: John A=2E Morrow, Jr=2E ja_morrow@yahoo=2Ecom

> McAfee also makes VirusScan for OS/2, I am thinking of trying out both
the > Win32 and OS/2 versions of VirusScan=2E=20

Hi John,

This product has been defunct for quite awhile=2E No updates for like 1=2E=
5
years (?) at this point=2E

> To my knowledge, PC-Cillin does not come in an OS/2 version, although th=
e
> windows magazines rate it highly, so it is tempting, too=2E

Haven't heard this name in quite awhile -- they may also be history, but
I'm not sure=2E

> Any comments on the effectiveness of either product at preventing =
=20
> infection? Or recovering from one, once hit?

I used McAffee on both platforms for years, then Symantec just on Win-32
for a year or two=2E I became disenchanted with their license renewal
procedures, how hard it can be to remove stubborn shards of their program
when you uninstall, and other things=2E (Still, PC Mag often gave them th=
e
top ranking in AV, and Randell once told me that they had the best AV
engine=2E)

I'm currently using the *free* AVG for Win, which seems to be decent, and
nothing under OS/2=2E =20

> Also, my son asked me if I could scan and disinfect my FAT32
> Partitions from eCS 1=2E2=2E I have my doubts, but anybody care to
> venture an opinion on this, too?

Doing this from "over the border", via FAT32=2EIFS, seems rather dubious t=
o
me=2E And wouldn't you need ODIN (at least), or maybe SVISTA too ?

Jordan

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