Bob Blick wrote:
>
> I've gotten very leery to run any freshly downloaded software lately, for
> fear of catching a bios/FAT/.c.asm.doc killer.
>
> I also hate Symantec/Norton/McAfee types of virus programs, mostly because
> they are huge self-important programs. I'd just like to scan my memory for
> resident viruses or scan my hard disk at will.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bob

  McAfee & F-Prot are both good, so's AVP.  Another good one I've used
used to be called Authentex Thunder Byte Anti-Virus - some other company
bought it though, Norman Data Defense, apparently "assimilated" their
code.  I'll probably look at that one.  A few people run two scanners
when scanning everything overnight, IMO nothing's wrong with a *little*
paranoia <G>

  You can run most of these with command-line options to just scan MBR
and memory, and later have them scan *.* when you want to do so (I do
that.)  Fast (bootup) use & full scans where I have notes, below.

  McAfee, http://www.mcafee.com or http://www.nai.com
    Use c:\McAfee\Scan.Exe      /Boot /ADL  {or if low on conv. Ram},
        c:\McAfee\ScanPM.Exe    /Boot /ADL
    Full Scan: Scan.Exe /ADL

  F-Prot, http://www.f-prot.com
    Use c:\F-Prot\F-Prot.Exe    c: d: /Beep /Freeze /NoFile
    Full Scan: F-Prot.Exe      /Beep /Freeze /Hard /Archive

  AVP, http://www.avp.com
    I can figure it out but don't have old batch files on this anymore
<G>

  Norman Virus Control, www.norman.com
    Full Scan Was tbscan32.exe    AllDrives but now, WHO knows?  <G>

  Mark