F-prot Anti-Virus Review

This program is available directly from the vendor.

Vendor's antivirus software homepage:
http://www.f-prot.com

Pros - F-prot Anti-Virus:

• It's free
• Good virus detection record
• Fits on a floppy disk (excluded virus definition files)
• Won't give you any computer problems at all

• Doesn't offer ANY real time protection, should only be used in addition to other programs
• You have to manually update and replace virus definition files
• Doesn't perform on-access or email scans

• Long time between releases of new virus definition files
• (Note: this product cannot be compared to regular antivirus products)

• None

What's great about F-prot Anti-Virus is that it's both s free and has an excellent virus detection record. Since it's DOS-based, F-prot doesn't support email or web surfing or any other Windows-based activity. It doesn't monitor your files to alert you if they contain a virus. And F-prot Anti-Virus doesn't run or update itself automatically. You have to start it manually (or use Windows Scheduler) and you have to manually download new virus definition files.

F-prot Anti-Virus is your second shield in the never-ending antivirus war. You should use it ONLY as an additional security measure together with your regular antivirus software. Whenever your antivirus program of choice has found a virus and you're unsure of if it's gone, or you find computer behaving strangely but you can't detect any viruses, then you start F-prot Anti-Virus to double-check your system. That's what F-prot is for and that's how you should use it. Never use it as your only antivirus program.