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.