Viruses and zipped files

Meda Pittser (ab070@oak-web.washington-ch.oh.us)
Sat, 10 Aug 1996 23:24:43 EDT

A local vendor/technician just told me that if you load an anti-virus
program on the hard drive, unless it is set to scan every time the machine
is booted, you can run into problems if there is a virus on the machine. He
explained that the virus will remain in the memory. So, he suggested that
we use a systems boot disk each time we scan for viruses, and use a floppy
with the program on it. (This is for stand-alones). Is this accurate
information?

Also, exactly what is a zipped file, e.g. those downloaded from the Internet?
TIA

Meda Pittser
Director of Instruction
Fairfield Local Schools
Leesburg, Ohio
ab070@oak-web.washington-ch.oh.us