f-prot

[sandra]

can i use f-prot for dos on win 98 se ?

[Blackcat]

There should be no problems;

http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/dos/

Take a look at a recent thread here at Wilders;

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=14858

And here is an excellent, detailed article about the program;

http://www.geocities.com/uzipaz/eng/f-prot.html

Overall F-Prot for DOS is an excellent choice as a backup scanner to your main AV.

[sandra]

u mean that f-prot is only an on demand scanner and does not have resident protection

[Blackcat]

Correct. F-Prot for DOS has no "on access" scanning.

[sandra]

so how can i update f-prot

[Blackcat]

Take a look at these threads where they give details about scripts which can be used to automate the updating procedure;

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=15635;start=msg97316#msg97316

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=10735;start=msg93448#msg93448

http://www.geocities.com/uzipaz/eng/f-prot.html

http://www.claymania.com/F-pup.exe

[Ailric]

F-Prot for dos has no resident protection but F-Prot for Windows does and will work nicely on just about any machine. :)