Subj : Virus
To   : IB Joe
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Mon Aug 01 2005 07:56 pm

Hi Joe,

 IJ> I think I have a virus... 

Its unlikely to be an OS/2 specific Virus, they are extremely rare...

 IJ> I cannot seem to get any of 
 IJ> my registration codes to work under OS2... ie frontdoor 
 IJ> DOS exe's work in a DOS window but Under OS2 the OS2 
 IJ> exe's don't... it craps out and complains about a bad 
 IJ> registration code. Infact, ZOC's registration code 
 IJ> doesn't work either...

I don't know how either of those Keys work sorry, but I doubt that its anything 
to do with a Virus. 

One possible guess is that both those Apps write their keys to the OS2.INI 
file, and possibly that file has some corruption that prevents them being 
recovered correctly. Look at some of the .INI file cleaners to try and tidy 
them up. Some to try are -
  CLNINI155.ZIP
  WPSBK203.ZIP
  WPTOOL32.ZIP

You may find more recent versions around, however WPTOOL is pretty up to date 
and is one I have dabbled with a bit. All these should be available on Hobbes. 

Cheers...........pk.



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