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 antivirus for dos, fprot is probably a good choice. Alain Eric Auer escreveu: > 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 can write NTFS and clean infected Windows better > that way. I think Avira free-av.de has a DOS boot disk > with free-for-private-use NTFS drivers somewhere, too. > >> Therefore you can use it as second operating system >> and/or other boot medium (USB, CD...) and do a robust scan. > > Did you already try ClamAV for DOS? I think we have both > clamscan (command line scanner) and freshclam (updates) > ported. You can also download definition files from the > homepage on www.clamav.net/ manually and copy them to DOS. > > www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/system/ > > There might be newer versions than this 2/2008 compile, > but please check if the 2/2008 version supports enough > of the current definition file format already. Thanks! > >>>> someone know if exist a a free UPDATED antivirus for dos? > > It seems Frisk F-Prot F-Secure stopped updating signature > definition files for their DOS versions 1-2 years ago but > f-prot.com says they do offer files for DOS f-prot 3.16f? > F-Secure: ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/free/ (11/2007) > > Roadmap: http://www.avira.com/de/support/product_lifecycle.html > NTFS4DOS: www.free-av.com/de/download/11/avira_ntfs_for_dos.html > > The McAfee homepage looks as if DOS and Win9x are supported? > www.mcafee.com/de/enterprise/products/anti_virus/file_servers_desktops/virusscan_command_line_scanner_windows_unix.html > > Can somebody test the McAfee command line scanner? Thanks :-) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
