Had a couple of questions about the "unzip" used in the batch file attached to
the original message. I use info-zip's freeware zip/unzip. An absolute must
on every NT server.
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Murdock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Declude Install
> FWIW,
>
> My Fprot command line:
> f:\fprot\f-prot /NOBO /NOME /AR /DU /P /C /AU /DEL /AP
> /REPORT=f:\imail\spool\vscan.log
>
> The unabreviated switches are:
> /NOBOOT
> /NOMEM
> /ARCHIVE
> /DUMB
> /PACKED
> /COLLECT
> /AUTO
> /DELETE
> /APPEND
> /REPORT
>
> Also, attached is a batch file I schedule to update f-prot nightly. It's a
> "brute force" update, but has worked reliably.
>
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry L Fritts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 3:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Declude Install
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Pearson
> >
> > >I noticed that f-prot says they only protect against 40K viruses. This
> > seems low
> > >compared to other companies quoting 58K at this time. Any thoughts? They
> > also say they >only update the files every two months? Anyone see a
> problem
> > with this? How easy is it >to update f-prot's def files? Can it be
> > automated?
> >
> > Those are very good questions John.
> > I guess our answers have to do with our basic business philosophy more
> than
> > anything else. We aren't really trying to catch 100% of all possible
> > viruses but we'd like to protect our clients and ourselves to a reasonably
> > high degree for a relatively low total cost. We felt that f-prot and
> > declude helped us achieve that goal. I use CAI's InnoculateIt on my
> > workstation and have been very pleased with it. We urge all of our client
> > users to take adequate precautions themselves. All of the virus solutions
> > currently in use can fail on a new virus so a virus scanner of any type
> does
> > not guarantee freedom from infection.
> >
> > I have not decided whether I'll update the def files programmatically or
> > not. Usually on something that is done infrequently I prefer to do it
> > myself manually. Then after some experience I determine whether to
> automate
> > or not. The update of the def files could not be much easier as you just
> > replace the old ones with new ones.
> >
> > >Can you post recommended switches for f-prot used in the virus.cfg file?
> >
> > I ended up with this:
> > F-Prot.exe /ALL /TYPE /SILENT /NOMEM
> > I actually think f-prot.exe /NOMEM is really all you need though when
> > scanning a single file in command mode but the others didn't seem to hurt
> > anything and I decided to leave them. (/ALL is not a listed option but it
> > does not produce an error so I left it.)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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