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Frans Meijer

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Since: Feb 28, 2004
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(Msg. 16) Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:31 pm
Post subject: Re: F-Prot for Windows development stoped? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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James Egan wrote:

> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 12:37:41 +0100, Frederic Bonroy
> <bidonavirus DeleteThis @yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
>
>>null@zilch.com schreef:
>>
>>
>>>Do you have an estimate of the future of F-Prot DOS? A time when it
>>>will no longer be useful on Win 9x/ME PCs since it no longer has the
>>>capabiity of detecting/handling all the malware the Windows version
>>>handles? Is this time near or rather far off? Will there be a version
>>>4.0 of F-Prot DOS?
>>
>>Or at least a command line version?
>
>
> It is still getting engine updates and, of course, the defs but
> nothing else.

As far as I can tell from the /looks/ of it, the user interface of the
Dos/command line scanner hasn't changed in a decade. I guess even the exit
codes are the same (unfortunately?).

Well, except for some additional options that is.

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Frederic Bonroy

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(Msg. 17) Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:43 pm
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Frans Meijer wrote:

> As far as I can tell from the /looks/ of it, the user interface of the
> Dos/command line scanner hasn't changed in a decade. I guess even the
> exit codes are the same (unfortunately?).

Actually the user interface of version 3.x is somewhat, but not
fundamentally, different from that of version 2.x. That's a good thing.
The user interface is clear.

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