Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-15 Thread iw2evk
i've tried to use mc afee command line scan for win32 using hx extender. The validate.exe work fine (program for testing crc), but the engine scan caus exception in hx and chrashes the system. Michael Reichenbach wrote: > > Hi! > > I created a overview with DOS Antivirus scanners still avail

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-14 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Hi! I created a overview with DOS Antivirus scanners still available legal for download and therefore still supported and updated. http://www.drdos.org/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.AntiVirus Also note my idea to run Win32 console scanner under HX. regards, -mr Alain M. schrieb: > R

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Alain M.
Robert Riebisch escreveu: >> Adobe Brain CS(Common Sense) 3 is available now for $1699, an arm, a >> leg, and an empty cranium. > Please buy one and get a serious mail client, which doesn't send bloated > HTML! :-P 8 Kbyte for a single sentence must be a joke. Of course, this *was* a joke ;) Ala

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Riebisch
Jonathan W. wrote: > I think it was that sentence + the other quoted emails. From the email > header: > > "Content-Type: text/plain;" > > It's not bloated HTML. :P It is also HTML: "Content-Type: text/html;" Gmail sends your messages in "plain" text AND HTML!

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Jonathan W.
I think it was that sentence + the other quoted emails. From the email header: "Content-Type: text/plain;" It's not bloated HTML. :P Skyler On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Robert Riebisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan W. wrote: > > > Adobe Brain CS(Common Sense) 3 is available now for

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Riebisch
Jonathan W. wrote: > Adobe Brain CS(Common Sense) 3 is available now for $1699, an arm, a > leg, and an empty cranium. Please buy one and get a serious mail client, which doesn't send bloated HTML! :-P 8 Kbyte for a single sentence must be a joke. Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.btt

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Jonathan W.
Adobe Brain CS(Common Sense) 3 is available now for $1699, an arm, a leg, and an empty cranium. Skyler On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Robert Riebisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Reichenbach wrote: > > > Yes, them are far away from being at least sufficient. > > Best is Brain 1.0. But m

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Riebisch
Michael Reichenbach wrote: > Yes, them are far away from being at least sufficient. Best is Brain 1.0. But many people lack this "software". ;-) Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ - This SF.Net e

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Riebisch
iw2evk wrote: > someone know if exist a a free UPDATED antivirus for dos? F-PROT for DOS (including latest signatures) can be found at . You could also buy a license for NOD32 for Windows, which entitles you to use their DOS-based scanner. The executable hasn

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Robert Riebisch schrieb: > Eric wrote: > >> I concur about the commercial virus scanners. > > But these are also not perfect. ;-) Yes, them are far away from being at least sufficient. Antivirus / Personal Firewall is a illusion of security. Antivirus is a nice tool, but only a tool. Antivirus

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Riebisch
Eric wrote: > I concur about the commercial virus scanners. But these are also not perfect. ;-) Two weeks ago Trend Micro Worry-Free (TMWF) installed to a customer's PC detected a simple virus (installed as a Windows service to send junk mails via Russian SMTP servers), but couldn't remove the f

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Alain M.
HI, just my opinion: if you are *really* serious about scaning for viruses in dos, then you should: 1) Use Eric's port of Clamav with updated definitions and even port a new version. 2) Clamav is too new, so it not very good at detecting old dos viruses. Then you should also une one old-timer

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Eric
a live Linux security CD (check distrowatch.com). --- On Wed, 12/3/08, Michael Reichenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michael Reichenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Dat

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Eric Auer schrieb: > Hi! > >> Antivirus for DOS is good like Antivirus for *any barely used OS*, >> because the barely used OS isn't target for viruses. > > True, although you get the same effectivity by booting > a known-clean readonly CD/DVD with any OS at all for > your antivirus work :-). Ye

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread pcdos2k
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:13:56 -0800 (PST) > From: iw2evk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos > > > Hi, > someone know if exist a a free UPDATED antivirus for dos? > > Thanks > > Roberto if you trust arachne'

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > Antivirus for DOS is good like Antivirus for *any barely used OS*, > because the barely used OS isn't target for viruses. True, although you get the same effectivity by booting a known-clean readonly CD/DVD with any OS at all for your antivirus work :-). In addition, OSes like XP or Linux

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Antivirus for DOS is good like Antivirus for *any barely used OS*, because the barely used OS isn't target for viruses. Therefore you can use it as second operating system and/or other boot medium (USB, CD or w/e) and do a robust scan. -mr Jonathan W. schrieb: > I'm not sure there'd be much to up

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Reichenbach
iw2evk schrieb: > Hi, > someone know if exist a a free UPDATED antivirus for dos? > > Thanks > > Roberto Afaik there is none still updated one, I was looking for it some time ago. - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Mob

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-02 Thread 4625
On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Jonathan W. wrote: > I'm not sure there'd be much to update, would there? I mean, how many > new DOS viruses are being released in the wild nowadays? My mother sometimes ask me to check floppys which she bring from work. Macro viruses in *.doc may appears from time to time.

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-02 Thread Jonathan W.
I'm not sure there'd be much to update, would there? I mean, how many new DOS viruses are being released in the wild nowadays? Skyler On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:13 AM, iw2evk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > someone know if exist a a free UPDATED antivirus for dos? > > Thanks > > Roberto > --

[Freedos-user] Updated Antivirus for dos

2008-12-01 Thread iw2evk
Hi, someone know if exist a a free UPDATED antivirus for dos? Thanks Roberto -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Updated-Antivirus-for-dos-tp20787216p20787216.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.