They're mistaken. There's no point to scan VFP data files for viruses because they're not executed and cannot spread viruses.
The .DBF, .CDX, .FPT and other data files must be excluded from Virus scan. Otherwise your application will be very slow and even may get 'Access denied' errors.

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321550 for more info

>The hasrware guys have installed antivirus (NOD) and its set to check VFP tables
>everytime they chnage.
>They say this is necessary to prevent viruses, bit it makes things so slow it is unworkable.
>Is there a better way than this for securing a network drive from Viruses
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