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Originally posted by Jaime Andrés@Mar 17 2004, 06:54 PM
It doesn't sound very user friendly, ....isn't a virus scan more effective if it is run in windows safe mode
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define 'user-friendly.'
For those users who never seen a commandline prompt, never had to type in a command to execute a program, then I suppose F-port may not be easy for those users, but for someone who has used DOS in the past or present, it's simple to use. I wrote out exactly how to run it in the last posting, if you read it, it really is not that difficult to run. I feel if anyone can use an ATM these days to withdrawl money, they can handle running F-prot.
It only looks difficult til you try it.
Safe-mode for window's just disables certain drivers for hardware, such as the VGA, sound, ethernet. It is not "safe" from virus.
When your in Safe-Mode, your still loading part of the OS into memory, things such as kernel, certain .dlls, .exe's, .drv's. Any number of these could be infected with trojaned or virus's. Which will not be fixed while in-use.
So you run the anti-virus app in DOS, not DOS-Mode either, but from a floppy disk with DOS, this way that none of the Systems DOS files are in-use as well. This way absolutely nothing pertaining to the Windows OS is loaded into memeory, so that any and all files can be examined.
Title: Living with F-Prot for DOS Antivirus, might find this write-up useful if planning to run a DOS A/V scanner