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McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0.0 Public Beta
Problem Reporting Guide
(REPGUIDE.TXT)
Author: David Pierce
Last Update: 3/16/94
Printed: 3/16/94
Thank you for participating in the McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0 Public
Beta Program. This document is intended to aide you in detecting
and reporting problems encountered during the beta period, and
includes the following:
* Problem Reporting
* Product Notes
* Known Problems with 2.0.0 Beta A
* Bug Report Form
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DISCLAIMER
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This product is Beta software, and as such, is not at production
quality levels. It is not intended for daily use, and should not
be used as the sole source of anti-virus protection for your
system. In no event shall McAfee Inc. be responsible for any
damages whatsoever arising out of the use or inability to use
this product.
PROBLEM REPORTING
=================
If you encounter any problems during the course of the Beta
period, please review the list of known problems, below, to
see if your problem is on the list. Problems listed are
currently being addressed, and will be fixed before the final
release of the product. If your problem is not listed, please
notify us so we can address the issue; Fill out a copy of the
enclosed Bug Report Form and FAX or mail it to us at:
E-mail: vs20beta@cinnamon.McAfee.COM
FAX: (408) 970-9727 (Address FAXes to to SQA)
BBS: (408) 988 4004
User: VS20BETA SUPPORT
Mailing Address:
ATTN: SQA
2710 Walsh Avenue
Suite 200
Santa Clara, CA 95051-0963
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IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ!
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Due to the nature of anti-virus software, the slight chance exists
that a virus may be reported in a file that is not infected by that
virus.
If you receive a report of a virus infection which you believe may
be in error, please contact us by one of the methods listed above,
and upload a copy of the file in question to the BBS. Include in
any correspondence your name, address, daytime telephone number,
and electronic mail address, if any.
PRODUCT NOTES
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The following issues are not problems with this release, but
intentional differences having to do with the release schedule
and the product design. If you are already familiar with McAfee
anti-virus products, please review this list to familiarize
yourself with the issues. For more information on changes
between SCAN 2.0 and previous version, please see the enclosed
documentation (VIRUSCAN.TXT and VSHIELD.TXT).
* Virus detection in this release is not complete. If you
encounter a virus which is not detected by this release, please
notify us and upload a copy of the infected file to the BBS so
we can ensure that the virus is detected in the final release.
* Specific variants of most viruses are not distinguished from
the parent virus in this release; therefore, many different
variants will be identified as the same virus. In the final
release, known variants will be identified exactly and distinguished
from each other.
* The first public Beta releases of VIRUSCAN and OS/2 SCAN do not
have any virus removal capabilities. The next Beta releases of
both products will include a CLEAN.DAT file which will provide
this functionality.
* The list of standard extensions used by GENESIS has been
changed from the list used by the old VIRUSCAN. The new
list of standard extensions includes the following extensions:
.EXE, .COM, .SYS, .DLL, .OV?, and .BIN
* In order to minimize memory usage, VSHIELD uses a different data
file format than VIRUSCAN. Although a copy of the data file,
VSHIELD.DAT, is included pre-built with your beta release,
VSHIELD is designed with the ability to build it's own data file
so that when you receive an updated version of SCAN.DAT for
VIRUSCAN, VSHIELD can generate an up-to-date data file. The
first time you run VSHIELD after copying a new version of
SCAN.DAT to the VSHIELD program directory, VSHIELD will rebuild
VSHIELD.DAT. This process may take a few minutes on slower
systems, so please be aware that the wait is normal.
* SCAN sometimes reports "File <file> if executable may be corrupted"
Files which cause this message to be generated are
structured like executables, but at some point deviate from
that structure indicating a corrupted executable. This
message may also be generated, however, for some perfectly
good data files which just happen to be structured like
executable files. If you see this message for non-
executables, you can safely ignore it. If you see this
message for executables, please notify us and upload a copy
of the executable file to the BBS so we can inspect it and
make changes to account for it.
VIRUSCAN 2.0.0 Beta A Known Bugs
==============================
The following bugs are known to exist in the Beta A version of
McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0 product. All problems are currently being
addressed, and will be fixed before the final release of the
product. When you encounter a problem, please check this list
to determine if your problem is on this list. If the problem is
not on this list, please fill out a Bug Report Form and send it
to McAfee SQA so we can properly investigate the problem.
Bug # Summary of Problem
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43 SCAN doesn't detect viruses in PKLITE compressed files
This functionality will be included in the final release
261 Using the /RPTERR option causes 2 error summaries to be displayed in
the report
If the /RPTERR option is used in conjunction with the
/REPORT option and non-critical errors are found, the line
displaying the count of "Non-critical Error(s)" will be
printed twice in the report. This problem will be fixed in
the final release.
275 SCAN /VIRLIST gives an error message: "No target for scanning was
specified!"
SCAN treats /VIRLIST like any other option, and will
continue with a normal scan after the virus list is
displayed. Whether you specify /VIRLIST or not, if you do
not specify anything to scan, SCAN will display this message
and exit.
276 SCAN displays "Program Error" if the virus data file (SCAN.DAT) is
out of date
If your SCAN.DAT file is more than 7 months old, SCAN
displays the message "Program Error" 5 times, and then continues
to scan normally. Since the data file sent with the Beta release
is up to date, you will only see this problem if your system date is
more than 7 months ahead. This problem will be fixed in the
final release.
279 SCAN does not always set the exit code on error
SCAN 2.0.0 is designed to return specific error codes to
distinguish among more than 15 different error conditions.
The Beta A version does not always set the exit code to non-zero
when some of these error conditions occur, including when
infections are found and when invalid targets are specified.
This problem will be fixed in the final release.
292 SCAN /ADN displays summary info for non-existant drives on systems
with no network drives
If SCAN is run with the /ADN switch on a system with no network
drives mapped, SCAN will display summary reports showing 0 files,
1 partition table, and 1 boot sector scanned for drives H:, J:, L:,
N:, ... all the way to Z: If you experience this problem on a
machine with network drives, please contact us. This problem will
be fixed in the final release.
293 SCAN detects viruses in memory after infected files are opened
When an infected file is opened, either by a DOS command such as
copy or by a previous execution of SCAN, DOS loads the contents of
the infected file into it's own buffers. If SCAN is run
immediately afterwards, SCAN will find the virus code in the DOS
buffers, and report that the virus is in memory. We are currently
investigating this issue.
OS/2 SCAN 2.0 Beta A Known Bugs
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Bug # Summary of Problem
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43 OS/2 SCAN doesn't detect viruses in PKLITE compressed files
This functionality will be included in the final release
VSHIELD 2.0 Beta A Known Bugs
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Bug # Summary of Problem
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294 VSHIELD /FILEACCESS doesn't prevent all access to infected files
When VSHIELD is run with the /FILEACCESS switch, it does not
prevent all types of access to infected files. Copy operations
are prevented, but infected files can still be read into some file
editors. This problem will be fixed in the final release.
295 VSHIELD /IGNORE /FILEACCESS prevents access to files on the ignored drive
When VSHIELD is run with both the /IGNORE and /FILEACCESS options,
it prevents access to files on the drive which is supposed to be
ignored, including files which are not infected. VSHIELD does not
display any messages indicating that access was blocked. VSHIELD
behaves similarly when run with both the /ONLY and /FILEACCESS
options, preventing access to files on all drives other than the one(s)
specified. This problem will be fixed in the final release.
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McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0 Beta Bug Report Form
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Your Name: __________________________ Date: __________
BBS Account: __________________________
Internet Address: __________________________
Phone Number: _____________________
FAX Number: _____________________
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Is this problem listed on the known bug list?: Yes No
Bug #: ___________
Product(s): SCAN OS/2 SCAN VSHIELD VSHLDCRC CHKSHLD
Operating System and Version: ________________________________________________
Network Software and Version: ________________________________________________
System Hardware Description: ________________________________________________
Memory Manager(s): HIMEM.SYS EMM386
386MAX (version _____) QEMM (version _____)
Other: _________________________________________
Is the problem reproduceable? No Always Sometimes
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Detailed Description of the Problem:
(Please include steps to reproduce the problem if known)
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