Fortres 101 and Anti-virus software

[Steve Hooley!]

        We have the same problem - plus WinGuard includes a cool SHRED FILE
option that patrons don't need in a security environment. Dr Sol will tell
you how to turn this off if needed, but we run the DOS VirusGuard and it
doesn't interfere too badly besides making apps crash if a virus-laden disk
is inserted. We get NYB boot virus all the time even with Fortres running
(hint: Norton Disk Doctor can restore partitions damaged by boot viruses).
Good luck, all...


>Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:30:37 -0700
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>On Thu, 15 May 1997, Marcia D Talley wrote:
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>> One warning, however.  We use Dr. Solomon's WinGuard virus protection and
>> that is incompatible with Fortres 101.  We had to deactivate it to run
>> Fortres.  I'm not sure if it's the same with other virus protection
>> software.
>> 
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>As a matter of fact, Fortres.101 also causes problems with McAfee's
>Viruscan for Windows. So we've started running the DOS version of McAfee
>at startup instead.  This doesn't watch for virus activity in real time,
>but we've found that Fortres is such a great security program that chances
>of virus infection seem very low on our public machines anyways.
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>Baldwin & Bloomfield Township Public Libraries
>downingd at metronet.lib.mi.us
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