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This article is from the Computer Viruses FAQ, by Nick FitzGerald n.fitzgerald@csc.canterbury.ac.nz with numerous contributions by others.

07 Where can I get free or shareware antivirus programs?

The Virus-L/comp.virus archive sites carry publicly distributable
antivirus software products. Up-to-date listings of these antivirus
archive sites are posted monthly to Virus-L/comp.virus (see A5 for
details).

Many freeware/shareware DOS antivirus programs are available from the
SimTel Software Repository. This collection of software is available
via anonymous FTP from ftp.coast.net (IP = 141.210.10.117), with
antivirus software in the directory /SimTel/msdos/virus. Note that the
SimTel archive is "mirrored" at many anonymous FTP sites, including
wuarchive.wustl.edu (IP = 128.252.135.4, /systems/ibmpc/simtel/virus),
and nic.funet.fi (IP = 128.214.248.6, /pub/msdos/SimTel/virus). Most of
this software can also be obtained via e-mail in uuencoded form from
various TRICKLE sites, especially in Europe.

Likewise, Macintosh antivirus programs can be found in /pub/tools/mac at
coast.cs.purdue.edu.

A list of many antivirus programs, including commercial products and one
person's rating of them, can be obtained by anonymous ftp from
corsa.ucr.edu (IP = 138.23.166.33) in pub/virus-l/docs/reviews in the
file slade.quickref.rvw. This directory also contains detailed product
reviews of many products.

 

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