Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

[Guest Tony]

Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with Windows 98?

 

I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R disc - put it

into the CD drive and then scan the system.

 

FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it only works for

Win2K/NT/XP.

 

Thanks!!!

[Guest kim]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

 

"Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

> Windows 98?

>

> I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R

> disc - put it

> into the CD drive and then scan the system.

>

> FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it

> only works for

> Win2K/NT/XP.

>

> Thanks!!!

>

>

[Guest Bob Harris]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

Try the free "ultimate boot CD", which includes a bunch of tools, among them

several virus scanners:

 

http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/

 

Since all tools boot directly from the CD, they should work on any PC with

windows-type partitions, such as FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS. Windsow 98 uses one

of the FAT types, usually FAT32.

 

"Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

> Windows 98?

>

> I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R

> disc - put it

> into the CD drive and then scan the system.

>

> FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it

> only works for

> Win2K/NT/XP.

>

> Thanks!!!

>

>

[Guest .]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

"Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:OVcXnUpjIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

Windows 98?

>

> I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R

disc - put it

> into the CD drive and then scan the system.

>

> FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it

only works for

> Win2K/NT/XP.

>

> Thanks!!!

>

 

Here's a DOS based program, available at the below sites

which I've used for many years on Win9X & ME machines

with virus definition files last updated the first of February

of this year via the program's native FP-Updater utility.

 

From the Garbo site @ Vaasa Univ.

http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus.html

fp-316b.zip 09-Feb-2005 2 MB

(the older version, I use)

 

or the newer final version from the Wroclaw

Centre for Networking & Supercomputing

http://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

or via file transfer protocol:

ftp://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

fp-316f.zip 18-Oct-2006 00:00 4 MB

fp-def.zip 04-Feb-2008 12:38 8 MB

fp-win.exe 17-Apr-2007 13:48 11 MB (Windows based?)

 

This hotfix will upgrade the RealTime Protector

driver from version 3.16f or 3.16f2 to 3.16g.

http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/070615_windows98hotfix.html

 

I hope one of these works to fulfil your needs.

 

Good luck

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

From: "Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com>

 

| Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with Windows 98?

|

| I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R disc - put it

| into the CD drive and then scan the system.

|

| FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it only works for

| Win2K/NT/XP.

|

| Thanks!!!

|

 

As far as I know, Sysclean still works on Win9x/ME but it is no longer technically

supported. Just like it works on Win2003 and Vista.

 

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --

http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe

 

http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

 

English:

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/01/09/scan-your-computer-with-multiple-anti-virus-for-free/

 

To use this utility, perform the following...

Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }

Choose; Unzip

Choose; Close

 

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT

{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

 

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your

FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

 

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}

This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.

This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.

The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

 

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can

download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files

needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key

during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe

Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

 

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help

file.

 

Additional Instructions:

http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm

 

 

* * * Please report back your results * * *

 

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest 98 Guy]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

Tony wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work

> with Windows 98?

 

Norton Antivirus 2002.

 

If you can find it (it also came as part of Norton SystemWorks 2002).

 

Up until recently, it was fairly well behaved as far as updating

itself. Lately I've been downloading the Intelligent Updater package

and applying it manually.

 

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/download/pages/US-SAVCE.html

 

http://definitions.symantec.com/defs/20080325-003-i32.exe

 

Even though NAV 2002 expires itself after a year of use, it's very

easy to perpetually renew it for free (no charge) by simply

uninstalling and reinstalling it. Don't let the age of the product

fool you. Norton includes updates of the scan engine with almost

every new set of virus definition file updates.

 

Symantec Corporate AV 9 (and maybe 10) works on Win-98, so that's

another option (and it has no expiry date once installed).

[Guest MEB]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

Just want to say, thanks for the stuba link.

 

Nice file base for some programs I previously used, and some that are now

difficult to find.

 

Do you have anymore links to similar file bases?

 

--

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--

_________

 

"." <.@dot.com> wrote in message news:6XdGj.44302$0M3.5619@newsfe17.lga...

| "Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote in message

| news:OVcXnUpjIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

| > Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

| Windows 98?

| >

| > I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R

| disc - put it

| > into the CD drive and then scan the system.

| >

| > FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it

| only works for

| > Win2K/NT/XP.

| >

| > Thanks!!!

| >

|

| Here's a DOS based program, available at the below sites

| which I've used for many years on Win9X & ME machines

| with virus definition files last updated the first of February

| of this year via the program's native FP-Updater utility.

|

| From the Garbo site @ Vaasa Univ.

| http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus.html

| fp-316b.zip 09-Feb-2005 2 MB

| (the older version, I use)

|

| or the newer final version from the Wroclaw

| Centre for Networking & Supercomputing

| http://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

| or via file transfer protocol:

| ftp://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

| fp-316f.zip 18-Oct-2006 00:00 4 MB

| fp-def.zip 04-Feb-2008 12:38 8 MB

| fp-win.exe 17-Apr-2007 13:48 11 MB (Windows based?)

|

| This hotfix will upgrade the RealTime Protector

| driver from version 3.16f or 3.16f2 to 3.16g.

| http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/070615_windows98hotfix.html

|

| I hope one of these works to fulfil your needs.

|

| Good luck

|

|

[Guest MEB]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

 

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message

news:ewkEsJsjIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

| From: "Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com>

|

| | Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

Windows 98?

| |

| | I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R

disc - put it

| | into the CD drive and then scan the system.

| |

| | FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it

only works for

| | Win2K/NT/XP.

| |

| | Thanks!!!

| |

|

| As far as I know, Sysclean still works on Win9x/ME but it is no longer

technically

| supported. Just like it works on Win2003 and Vista.

|

| Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --

| http://www.pctipp.ch/ds/28400/28470/Multi_AV.exe

|

| http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

|

| English:

|

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/01/09/scan-your-computer-with-multiple-anti-virus-for-free/

|

| To use this utility, perform the following...

| Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }

| Choose; Unzip

| Choose; Close

|

| Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT

| { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

|

| NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to

go through your

| FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

|

| C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}

| This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in

Normal Mode.

| This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web

site.

| The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and

Reboot the PC.

|

| You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files

or you can

| download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have

downloaded the files

| needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into

Safe Mode [F8 key

| during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want

to run in Safe

| Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal

Mode.

|

| When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more

comprehensive PDF help

| file.

|

| Additional Instructions:

| http://pcdid.com/Multi_AV.htm

|

|

| * * * Please report back your results * * *

|

|

| --

| Dave

| http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

| Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

|

|

 

Hey David, I remember a year or so ago in this forum, you were working

through issues related to the multi-av and something [what I don't

remember], were those issues fixed?

 

--

MEB

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

--

_________

[Guest .]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

Sure. The following ftp sites are still up and available

(I got leads from some in that list from the old Winsock

Archie ini and txt files) via anonymous login for accessing

and downloading. I found more sites (e.g., the Oviedo

Univ site) by doing a google search on the filename of

an older utility - like bmpcut10.zip

 

ftp.sunet.se/

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/

ftp://ftp.unl.edu/

ftp://ftp.uniovi.es/

ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/

ftp://ftp.ncu.edu.tw/

ftp://ftp.internic.net/

 

Btw, my best friend in Colorado uses your same nick in his

address and correspondence and I at first thought you might

have been him ;^)

----------------------------------------------------------

 

"MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:O1rBQB3jIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Just want to say, thanks for the stuba link.

>

> Nice file base for some programs I previously used, and some that are now

> difficult to find.

>

> Do you have anymore links to similar file bases?

>

> --

> MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

> --

> _________

>

> "." <.@dot.com> wrote in message news:6XdGj.44302$0M3.5619@newsfe17.lga...

> | "Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> | news:OVcXnUpjIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> | > Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

> | Windows 98?

> | >

> | > I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R

> | disc - put it

> | > into the CD drive and then scan the system.

> | >

> | > FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but

it

> | only works for

> | > Win2K/NT/XP.

> | >

> | > Thanks!!!

> | >

> |

> | Here's a DOS based program, available at the below sites

> | which I've used for many years on Win9X & ME machines

> | with virus definition files last updated the first of February

> | of this year via the program's native FP-Updater utility.

> |

> | From the Garbo site @ Vaasa Univ.

> | http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus.html

> | fp-316b.zip 09-Feb-2005 2 MB

> | (the older version, I use)

> |

> | or the newer final version from the Wroclaw

> | Centre for Networking & Supercomputing

> | http://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

> | or via file transfer protocol:

> | ftp://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

> | fp-316f.zip 18-Oct-2006 00:00 4 MB

> | fp-def.zip 04-Feb-2008 12:38 8 MB

> | fp-win.exe 17-Apr-2007 13:48 11 MB (Windows based?)

> |

> | This hotfix will upgrade the RealTime Protector

> | driver from version 3.16f or 3.16f2 to 3.16g.

> | http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/070615_windows98hotfix.html

> |

> | I hope one of these works to fulfil your needs.

> |

> | Good luck

[Guest MEB]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

 

"." <.@dot.com> wrote in message news:xpNGj.18641$KJ1.16796@newsfe19.lga...

| Sure. The following ftp sites are still up and available

| (I got leads from some in that list from the old Winsock

| Archie ini and txt files) via anonymous login for accessing

| and downloading. I found more sites (e.g., the Oviedo

| Univ site) by doing a google search on the filename of

| an older utility - like bmpcut10.zip

|

| ftp.sunet.se/

| ftp://ftp.funet.fi/

| ftp://ftp.unl.edu/

| ftp://ftp.uniovi.es/

| ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/

| ftp://ftp.ncu.edu.tw/

| ftp://ftp.internic.net/

|

| Btw, my best friend in Colorado uses your same nick in his

| address and correspondence and I at first thought you might

| have been him ;^)

| ----------------------------------------------------------

 

Alright, thanks for the links.

 

Hmm, uses MEB, well I suppose I should have trademarked it {hahahaha}.

 

--

MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

--

_________

 

 

|

| "MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message

| news:O1rBQB3jIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| > Just want to say, thanks for the stuba link.

| >

| > Nice file base for some programs I previously used, and some that are

now

| > difficult to find.

| >

| > Do you have anymore links to similar file bases?

| >

| > --

| > MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

| > --

| > _________

| >

| > "." <.@dot.com> wrote in message

news:6XdGj.44302$0M3.5619@newsfe17.lga...

| > | "Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote in message

| > | news:OVcXnUpjIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

| > | > Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with

| > | Windows 98?

| > | >

| > | > I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a

CD-R

| > | disc - put it

| > | > into the CD drive and then scan the system.

| > | >

| > | > FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but

| it

| > | only works for

| > | > Win2K/NT/XP.

| > | >

| > | > Thanks!!!

| > | >

| > |

| > | Here's a DOS based program, available at the below sites

| > | which I've used for many years on Win9X & ME machines

| > | with virus definition files last updated the first of February

| > | of this year via the program's native FP-Updater utility.

| > |

| > | From the Garbo site @ Vaasa Univ.

| > | http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus.html

| > | fp-316b.zip 09-Feb-2005 2 MB

| > | (the older version, I use)

| > |

| > | or the newer final version from the Wroclaw

| > | Centre for Networking & Supercomputing

| > | http://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

| > | or via file transfer protocol:

| > | ftp://ftp.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/stuba/avir/

| > | fp-316f.zip 18-Oct-2006 00:00 4 MB

| > | fp-def.zip 04-Feb-2008 12:38 8 MB

| > | fp-win.exe 17-Apr-2007 13:48 11 MB (Windows based?)

| > |

| > | This hotfix will upgrade the RealTime Protector

| > | driver from version 3.16f or 3.16f2 to 3.16g.

| > | http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/070615_windows98hotfix.html

| > |

| > | I hope one of these works to fulfil your needs.

| > |

| > | Good luck

|

|

[Guest Steve Winograd]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:27:23 -0400, "Tony" <TonyB77@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a stand-alone virus scanner that will work with Windows 98?

>

>I need something I can use for maintenance that I can burn onto a CD-R disc - put it

>into the CD drive and then scan the system.

>

>FYI, Trend Micro makes a great stand-alone scanner sysclean.com, but it only works for

>Win2K/NT/XP.

>

>Thanks!!!

 

Sysclean works fine on my Windows 98 computer, and it says "Support

Platforms: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP".

--

Best Wishes,

Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

 

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group

for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions

addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

 

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[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

From: "MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com>

 

 

| Hey David, I remember a year or so ago in this forum, you were working

| through issues related to the multi-av and something [what I don't

| remember], were those issues fixed?

|

| --

| MEB

| http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

 

I have no idea what those issues were.

Was it WMI ?

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

From: "Steve Winograd" <bc070521m@comcast.net>

 

 

|

| Sysclean works fine on my Windows 98 computer, and it says "Support

| Platforms: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP".

 

Not the latest version...

 

Date: Tue 03/25/2008

 

VII. Compatibility

 

This tool has been tested under the following platforms:

 

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Server

Windows 2000 Professional and Server

Windows XP Home and Professional

Windows 2003 Server

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest MEB]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

Again, don't really remember, though maybe it was to work with Bart's or

something. A couple of MVPs and/or others were testing as you created the

modifications and posted the links...

 

--

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--

_________

 

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message

news:OQSTabmkIHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| From: "MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com>

|

|

| | Hey David, I remember a year or so ago in this forum, you were working

| | through issues related to the multi-av and something [what I don't

| | remember], were those issues fixed?

| |

| | --

| | MEB

| | http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

|

| I have no idea what those issues were.

| Was it WMI ?

|

| --

| Dave

| http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

| Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

|

|

[Guest Steve Winograd]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:10:27 -0400, "David H. Lipman"

<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>| Sysclean works fine on my Windows 98 computer, and it says "Support

>| Platforms: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP".

>

>Not the latest version...

>

>Date: Tue 03/25/2008

>

>VII. Compatibility

>

> This tool has been tested under the following platforms:

>

> Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Server

> Windows 2000 Professional and Server

> Windows XP Home and Professional

> Windows 2003 Server

 

You're right, David. I have an older version of Sysclean. And I'm

going to keep it around for use on Win9x.

--

Best Wishes,

Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

 

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group

for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions

addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

 

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

From: "Steve Winograd" <bc070521m@comcast.net>

 

 

|

| You're right, David. I have an older version of Sysclean. And I'm

| going to keep it around for use on Win9x.

 

Note that the Engine (Sysclean.com) is just as important as the signature files

(lpt$vpn.???) as well as the fact that the older Sysclean.com file does NOT support the anti

spyware capabilities.

 

Please do me a favour, backup your older Sysclean.com file and use the latest Sysclean.com

file and let me know how it works on Win98.

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest Steve Winograd]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:07:07 -0400, "David H. Lipman"

<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>| You're right, David. I have an older version of Sysclean. And I'm

>| going to keep it around for use on Win9x.

>

>Note that the Engine (Sysclean.com) is just as important as the signature files

>(lpt$vpn.???) as well as the fact that the older Sysclean.com file does NOT support the anti

>spyware capabilities.

>

>Please do me a favour, backup your older Sysclean.com file and use the latest Sysclean.com

>file and let me know how it works on Win98.

 

Here's what happened when I ran the latest Sysclean.com on Win98:

 

1. The program created its temporary files and then hung, with no

windows visible.

 

2. I opened Task Manager and terminated two Sysclean processes.

 

3. I ran Sysclean.exe. It got an error message about a missing file

and said that the spyware scan will start disabled.

 

4. I clicked the "Scan" button. The scan ran and deleted the Eicar

Test Virus that I had downloaded.

--

Best Wishes,

Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

 

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group

for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions

addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

 

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:07:07 -0400, "David H. Lipman"

<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>From: "Steve Winograd" <bc070521m@comcast.net>

>

>

>|

>| You're right, David. I have an older version of Sysclean. And I'm

>| going to keep it around for use on Win9x.

>

>Note that the Engine (Sysclean.com) is just as important as the signature files

>(lpt$vpn.???) as well as the fact that the older Sysclean.com file does NOT support the anti

>spyware capabilities.

>

>Please do me a favour, backup your older Sysclean.com file and use the latest Sysclean.com

>file and let me know how it works on Win98.

 

I've just downloaded and tested version 1,2,0,1003 of sysclean.com

from within a Win98SE DOS box and it appears to run OK ... for virus

scanning only. I couldn't test the antispyware components because

Sysclean gave me an error popup to the effect that "SSAPI [was] not

supported on current OS. Spyware scanning will be disabled".

 

Here is some info I've extracted from the sysclean.log file:

 

Damage Cleanup Engine (DCE) 5.32(Build 1011)

VSAPI Engine Version : 8.500-1002

VSCANTM Version : 3.00-1014 (Official Build)

 

FWIW, this is TrendMicro's scan engine update URL:

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/engine.asp

 

Until now I've been using the last Win9x PC-cillin scan engine

(vsapi32.vxd, ver 8.320-1003, Sep 20, 2006) with the latest pattern

files, and performing manual updates. It appears that the scan engine

included in sysclean.com (vsapi32.dll) is a later version dated Jun

21, 2007. Maybe I should switch to using Sysclean instead of

PC-cillin.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: Stand-alone virus scanner for Windows 98?

 

From: "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net>

 

 

|

| I've just downloaded and tested version 1,2,0,1003 of sysclean.com

| from within a Win98SE DOS box and it appears to run OK ... for virus

| scanning only. I couldn't test the antispyware components because

| Sysclean gave me an error popup to the effect that "SSAPI [was] not

| supported on current OS. Spyware scanning will be disabled".

|

| Here is some info I've extracted from the sysclean.log file:

|

| Damage Cleanup Engine (DCE) 5.32(Build 1011)

| VSAPI Engine Version : 8.500-1002

| VSCANTM Version : 3.00-1014 (Official Build)

|

| FWIW, this is TrendMicro's scan engine update URL:

| http://www.trendmicro.com/download/engine.asp

|

| Until now I've been using the last Win9x PC-cillin scan engine

| (vsapi32.vxd, ver 8.320-1003, Sep 20, 2006) with the latest pattern

| files, and performing manual updates. It appears that the scan engine

| included in sysclean.com (vsapi32.dll) is a later version dated Jun

| 21, 2007. Maybe I should switch to using Sysclean instead of

| PC-cillin.

|

| - Franc Zabkar

 

Thank you and Steve.

 

The latest version of my Multi AV Scanning Tool, v6.00, will incorporate the anti spyware

capabilities of the new Trend Micro Sysclean.com.

 

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Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp