> As a field engineer I find it extremely useful to have a bootable floppy
> with anti-virus software in my bag so I can help my clients in the event
> that they have a virus. I usually use F-Protect but their latest version
> doesn't fit on a floppy any more... Is there any good Dos-based Anti-virus
> software still being written that will fit on a bootable floppy?
The free DOS version of F-prot doesn't fit on a floppy any more,
and neither do any of the DOS versions of McAfee VirusScan
which I have tried (available as part of the VirusScan package
for Windows).
You might try the evaluation version of AVP for DOS. The latest
build is 130, but they don't update their various almost-mirror
sites at the same time, so you might have trouble finding it. Build
129 has a serious bug.
AVP can be shrinked further by removing the e-mail checking
facilities from the package and references to it in one of the
necessary files, but I don't remember the details.
If you do manage to get it onto a floppy, please e-mail me or
post to the group.
Thank you.
David Jonathan Justman
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