Vesselin,
I havnt looked into writing a conduit yet. But for the point you make
about the number of new viri being so low, it might be better to update the
scan string file with hotsync instead of on the device. If there were new
viri very often, it would be better to give people the ability to update
their def file on demand from anywhere their device has inet axx, but in
this case, there is not many new viri for palm.
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Scott Erickson
Software Development Team, FB-4, Inc.
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"Dr. Vesselin Bontchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Scott, another idea. I know that it's not what you want, but consider it
> nevertheless.
>
> All the virus scanners for PalmOS that I am familiar with don't update
> their definitions directly (i.e., not by connecting to a virus definitions
> database distribution site with the PDA). Instead, they have a conduit
> which runs on the PC, takes care to download the latest virus definitions
> and to put them on the device during a HotSync.
>
> Not as good as being able to download directly from the device - but
> probably good enough, given that there hasn't been a need for new virus
> definitions for this OS for years and that just about everybody HotSyncs
> their device at least once a week. And, while working on the PC site (from
> the conduit), you can easily implement whatever comminication protocols
> you want - it's basically a DLL running under Windows.
>
> Regards,
> Vesselin
>
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