How to obtain the Shareware version of F-PROT antivirus program over the net Q1: What is the difference between F-PROT's shareware version and F-Secure Anti-Virus? Answer: The major difference between F-Secure Anti-Virus (FSAV) and the shareware version is that FSAV is a commercial product with a full manual, 24 hour technical support and a regular update service. Professional version supports multiple platforms while there is only a DOS version on the shareware side. In addition, FSAV has the following technical differences from the limited shareware version: o Windows, Novell NetWare and OS/2 -versions o Multiple Language support o Automatic installation and update system for networks o Update bulletins (both on paper and on disk) FAQ number 2: How much does F-PROT shareware cost? Answer: Commercial use of F-PROT's shareware version is limited in many countries. F-PROT is free for non-commercial use everywhere. If you are a commercial user in Europe, Asia or Africa, you need to buy FSAV. Please contact your local distributor. Distributor list is available via web at http://www.F-Secure.com/partners/ FAQ number 3: I'm a private user. Where can I get F-PROT from? Answer: If you have FTP access, you can always get the most up-to date version of the shareware version of F-PROT by anonymous FTP from our FTP site at ftp://ftp.Europe.F-Secure.com/anti-virus/free/ You can also try a number of other SimTel, and all SimTel "mirror" sites. These should always carry an up-to-date version of F-PROT. The filename is "fp-xxx.zip", where xxx is the latest version number - for example, fp-301.zip or fp-301a.zip. In addition, F-PROT can also be found on: ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.87.1 (in /pc/virus) If you don't have FTP access, there is an automatic F-PROT mailer service for users that would like to obtain the latest version of the F-PROT shareware product directly from the source. To use this service, you send an E-mail message to f-prot-update@complex.is This service accepts the following commands: send-as: form The 'send-as' command signifies the encoding that should be used in sending the file over email channel. 'form' must be one of: 'uue' or 'xxe' Please note that this line _must_ be present! Examples: If joe.user@some.machine.in.the.world would like to get a uuencoded copy of f-prot, he would send a message containing the following in the body to 'f-prot-update@complex.is' : send-as: uue If he wanted it in a xxencoded form, he would send the following: send-as: xxe Another feature that is available is to check the version of f-prot available through this mailserver. To see the version, send the following to the 'f-prot-update@complex.is' address: send-version Comments about this service should be addressed to: f-prot-request@complex.is Suggestions for improvements are welcomed.
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