F-prot itself doesn't have to be run as a service, it'll run fine without an
open session. It's the F-Prot updater/scheduler that should run as a
service because it won't work unless it's running in a session.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Declude virus, Mcafee or F-prot?
>
> >Do you have the any issues with f-prot for dos (i assume that's what you
> >are using) not running as a service so that the console must always be
> >logged in? This caught my eye from a message earlier and has me
concerned.
>
> This is definitely, 100% *not true*.
>
> F-Prot works with Declude exactly the same way as McAfee and other
> scanners. There is no need for the scanner to run as a service (in fact,
> none of the command line scanners can run as a service, as far as I know).
>
> The only reason that a virus scanner would need to run as a service with
> Declude is if you are running a poorly designed scanned, such as Norton,
> that can't run properly in an automated environment. In that case, you
> would have to rely on their on-access scanner, which would need to be
> started automatically (as a service or otherwise). But with most
scanners,
> this isn't an issue (Norton is the only one I'm aware of that has this
> problem).
>
> -Scott
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