Pineapple Software have produced a program called !Killer, which is the definitive means of checking for or killing viruses. There are a few other commercial solutions, see the next question for details on how to obtain them.
There are also a few PD programs around, but these tend to detect only a small subset of the viruses in circulation. !VKiller used to be OK, but it is no longer maintained, is now seriously out of date and fails to work under RISC OS 3. Out of the PD virus utilities the current best is Tor Houghton's Scanner. This detects most known viruses and removes quite a few as well and serves as a good secondary defence if Killer is unavailable to you. Scanner should be available on various FTP/Email servers.
Various virus killers are out there. Here is a, probably incomplete, list of those available.
Killer is distributed by Pineapple Software. Who can be reached at :-
Pineapple Software,
352 Green Lane,
Ilford,
Essex IG3 9JS,
England.
Tel. +44 (181) 599 1476 Fax +44 (181) 598 2343
via email :-
sales@pineaple.demon.co.uk
support@pineaple.demon.co.uk
virus@pinesoft.demon.co.uk
Or if you need a German version of the program you can contact Uffenkamp Computer Systeme at :-
Gartenstr. 3,
D-32130 Enger.
Tel. +49 (5224) 978075 Fax +49 (5224) 978076
via email :-
ucsorder@ucs.de
usupport@ucs.de
Early versions (up to 1.26) are PD, but should not be used now as they are ineffective against the new crop of viruses that have subsequently appeared since it's release.
It is the FAQ maintainer's opinion that this is the commercial
virus killer to buy.
This is a shareware product released by Paul Vigay. Copies of it can be obtained from either the Arcade BBS, Paul's own BBS Equinox ( UK 01705 871531 ) or from Paul's www site http://www.interalpha.net/customer/pvigay/shareware.html.