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Subject: Memory Resident ViruScan (PC)
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Date: 8 Aug 89 19:07:56 GMT
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The following is a forward from John McAfee:
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    I've had a number of requests for a version of VIRUSCAN which will
stay resident and check each program as it's loaded.  The suggestions
were that such a program would give no false alarms and would not
interfere with other memory resident programs since it would not need
to check interrupt 13 or other disk I/O calls.
    I succumbed to temptation and made a memory resident version.
Initial testing has gone well and it indeed does not conflict with any
other memory resident program and we have not seen sny false alarms
from a variety of systems.  When it loads it checks the partition
table, boot sector, hidden files and the Command Interpreter.
Thereafter it scan each program that's loaded.  That's it.  What I
need now are beta testers.  Everyone who insisted that I build this
thing has a moral obligation to step up to the line and volunteer.
Please call me at 408 727 4559, 408 988 3832, or leave a message on
HomeBase at 408 988 4004.
    Thanking you in advance.   John McAfee