The free F-PROT antivirus software from Frisk detects standard DOS/Windows viruses, Word and Excel macro viruses and Trojan Horses for a total coverage against over 63,700 threats. This level of coverage is comparable to the (not-free & resource hungry) Symantec Norton AntiVirus software.
F-PROT itself is a DOS-based scanner which is designed to be run manually (it does NOT load and run constantly in the background such as Norton and other Windows-based scanners do, which for some users is a plus) however more advanced users of DOS command line programs can load F-PROT via batch files either at startup or at preset intervals.
For those users more comfortable with more conventional Windows software Frisk now offers a separate Windows GUI-based antivirus package, FP-WIN. Unlike F-PROT Frisk's FP-WIN software is not available totally free of charge for non-commercial home users, however a free TRIAL version is available.
F-PROT version 3.12d
released 2/4/2003
 ~F-PROT.ZIP
1.62 MB (1,707,273 bytes)
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Download Instructions:
- Download F-PROT.ZIP to your hard drive
- Use WinZip or similar UNZIP utility to extract the contents of
F-PROT.ZIP to a permanent location on your hard drive
- F-PROT.EXE can be run directly as is from a command prompt or DOS box
More Information:
The F-PROT anti-virus package consists of:
- F-PROT.EXE - The main program (DOS version)
- SIGN.DEF - DOS/Windows virus search/disinfection data
- SIGN2.DEF - DOS/Windows virus search/disinfection data
- MACRO.DEF - Word/Excel virus search/disinfection data
- ENGLISH.TX0 - Data file for English language support
- *.TXT files - ReadMe documentation files
- *.ASC files - PGP signature files
Things to Note
As of version 3.07b the freeware F-PROT download is now a much smaller file containing the free DOS-based F-PROT scanner ONLY. With the release of FP-WIN the setups for the optional Windows-based scanners F-MACROW and F-STOPW are no longer included in the freeware F-PROT archive.
The absence of these apps in no way diminishes the ability of
F-PROT to detect and remove Word and Excel macro viruses as
F-PROT provides comprehensive coverage for these threats.
Running F-PROT:
If the F-PROT program is run in interactive mode, you get a screen which shows the available functions. You can use the arrow keys to move around the screen, and press when you wnat to select an action:
- SCAN - When [Scan] is selected, you get a menu where you can specify where to
search for viruses, and what to do when a virus is found. See the file SCAN.TXT for further information.
- OPTIONS - When [Options] is selected, you get a menu where you can enable or disable
various options. To change an option, move the red line over it, using the arrow keys and press [ENTER].
- INFORMATION - When [Information] is selected you get a list of several subjects you can select to get more detailed information about the program.
- QUIT - Finally, selecting [Quit] will terminate the program.
F-PROT can also be run automatically from a command line or a batch file using the following command line switches:
Usage: F-PROT [drive, file or directory] [options]
| /APPEND |
Append to existing report file |
| /ARCHIVE |
Scan inside .ZIP and .ARJ files |
| /AUTO |
Automatic virus removal |
| /BEEP |
Beep when a virus is found |
| /COLLECT |
Scan a virus collection |
| /DELETE |
Delete infected files |
| /DISINF |
Disinfect whenever possible |
| /DUMB |
Do a "dumb" scan of all files |
| /FREEZE |
"Freeze" the program if a virus is found |
| /HARD |
Scan the hard disk(s) |
| /HELP |
Display this list |
| /INTER |
Force interactive mode |
| /LIST |
List all files checked |
| /NOBOOT |
Do not scan boot sectors |
| /NOBREAK |
Do not abort scan if ESC is pressed |
| /NOFILE |
Do not scan files |
| /NOFLOPPY |
For use on system without floppy drives |
| /NOHEUR |
Disable heuristics |
| /NOMEM |
Do not scan memory for viruses |
| /NOSUB |
Do not scan subdirectories |
| /PACKED |
Unpack compressed executables |
| /RENAME |
Rename infected COM/EXE files to VOM/VXE |
| /REPORT= |
Send the output to a file |
| /TYPE |
Ignore extensions of Word/Excel files |
| /VIRLIST |
List the known viruses |
| /VIRNO |
Count the known viruses |
| /WRAP |
Wrap text so the report fits in 78 columns |
| /PAGE |
Pause after each page |
| /SILENT |
Do not generate any screen output |
| /REMOVEALL |
Remove all macros from all documents |
| /REMOVENEW |
Remove all macros from infected documents |
| /SAFEREMOVE |
Remove macros from all documents if virus is found |
example:
F-PROT /HARD /AUTO /BEEP /REPORT=VIRLOG.TXT Adding the above line to a batch (*.BAT) file stored in the same folder as F-PROT.EXE would cause F-PROT to automatically scan all hard drives and beep if a virus is found. Viruses found will be removed automatically if possible and a log containing details will be kept in a file named "virlog.txt" in the F-PROT folder.
A shortcut to such a file set to run minimized and close on exit would be an easy way to run automatic scans. Such a shortcut can be loaded from the Startup folder to run a scan each time the system is booted or launched via System Agent/Task Scheduler on a regular basis at times set by the user.
Running F-PROT From Floppy Disks:
While the files necessary to run F-PROT exceed the capacity of a single 1.44MB floppy disk F-PROT can be run from diskette using either a set of two disks (without Word/Excel macro virus coverage) or a set of three disks (with Word/Excel macro virus coverage).
Instructions for F-PROT disks (two-disk set)
- Copy the following four files to disk #1:
- F-PROT.EXE
- ENGLISH.TX0
- SIGN2.DEF
- NOMACRO.DEF
- Rename the NOMACRO.DEF file on disk #1 MACRO.DEF
- Copy the following file to disk #2:
- To run F-PROT insert disk #1 > Go to an A:\> prompt in DOS > Type F-PROT /LOADDEF and tap ENTER. Follow the prompts, inserting disk #2 when requested.
NOTE: Disk #1 can be a bootable system disk (961kb free space required for F-PROT files) created on a non-infected PC, allowing
F-PROT to be run from diskette bypassing possibly infected files on
the hard disk altogether.
Instructions for F-PROT disks (three-disk set)
- Copy the following three files to disk #1:
- F-PROT.EXE
- ENGLISH.TX0
- MACRO.DEF
- Copy the following file to disk #2:
- Copy the following file to disk #3:
- To run F-PROT insert disk #1 > Go to an A:\> prompt in DOS > Type F-PROT /LOADDEF and tap ENTER. Follow the prompts, inserting disks #2 and #3 when requested.
NOTE: Disk #1 can be a bootable system disk (853kb free space required for F-PROT files) created on a non-infected PC, allowing
F-PROT to be run from diskette bypassing possibly infected files on
the hard disk altogether.
Updating F-PROT:
The virus signature/definition files can be kept current by downloading the following two files (which are updated regularly) and extracting them to the directory to which you extracted the F-PROT.EXE program (allowing the newer files to overwrite the existing copies):
- ~MACRDEF2.ZIP
- Contains the latest MACRO.DEF definition file
- ~FP-DEF.ZIP
- Contains the latest SIGN.DEF and SIGN2.DEF definition files
FP-WIN
For users more comfortable with the Windows graphical interface F-PROT is now available in a Win95/98 version. While the DOS-based freeware version above can be used under Win9x some folks prefer the point-n-click aspect of the Win GUI and FP-WIN may be preferred.
Note that this is a free trial, unlike F-PROT which is totally free for all non-commercial home users FP-WIN is "try before you buy" shareware.
~FP-WIN_TRIAL.EXE
- 7.32 MB (7,676,416 bytes)
(version 3.12d released 1/20/2003)
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