Virus Checking

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Mon Dec 28 10:00:13 1998

Tim Hotze wrote:
>
> Sounds like fun. ;-) With my computer going haywire (Right now, I'm on mu
> 'auxiliary' 486 computer... I suspect a virus, but my antivius software
> didn't find one, but I don't really trust it. I only really trust it if it
> find a virus...)

One of the ways I use to check for a virus is to run CHKDSK and look at the
total memory. For a number of viruses I have seen, the normal number of
655360 gets reduced to some other value. Not the best way of checking of
course, but with many of the viruses I have seen, it gives a fast
indication.
Received on Mon Dec 28 1998 - 10:00:13 GMT

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