Re: Advice required: Virus software for Win 3/ on floppies

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

Hi Nathan and welcome back:
 Re ur virus check program. Is it proprietary or
could you send me a copy?
Dick Giering

Nathan Sivin wrote:
>
> Re anti-virus software, my university hands out a Win95 program.
> I insisted on one that works in DOS and is not memory-resident (I
> am not on a network, and prefer to check new files individually).
> They gave me one called Vi-spy, which can work under Win 3.1 as
> well. It comes on a single floppy. I don't know the maker, since
> Penn distributes it under license without the particulars on the
> disk. It does the job, although, since it is not restricted to
> Win9x, it doesn't get reviewed in the computer mags.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Nathan Sivin
> History and Sociology of Science
> University of Pennsylvania
> Philadelphia PA 19104-6304
> (215) 898-7454
> nsivin@xxxxxxxx