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- ARC-AID v2.1 PERSAD Software Registration (docs)
- UTIL FEB92 COMPRESSION ARCAID SHELL VIRUS
- FILES: arcaid21.sdn
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- ARC-AID is an automatic archive tester/manipulator
- that's specially designed for ease of use. It's a very
- practical tool for all Bulletin Board users who are
- constantly trying out various software from different
- sources. It should be the FIRST program you run on any newly
- downloaded file. This version has been created for use by
- users of 4DOS 4.0+ only and will not work well with an
- "exclusive" MS-DOS environment.
-
- ARC-AID will test, uncompress, scan archives and
- remove pollutants, display documentation and even clean up
- after itself. It provides you with a detail log which can be
- printed or viewed at your leisure.
-
- [1] Uses 4DOS virtual memory batch commands for super
- quick performance. This can be improved even more by using a
- RAM drive for the temporary directory.
-
- [2] Wildcard compatible. No need to know full name,
- or even the Archive Extension! ARC-AID will determine these
- for you, if you wish.
-
- [3] Automatic cleanup of temporary directory every
- time program is run. No more file mixups.
-
- [4] No "messy" displays. Informative prompts are
- displayed on one screen together with your system statistics.
-
- [5] Automatic search and display of any documentation
- within file. No excuse for not knowing how to setup your
- programs.
-
- [6] Supports ZIP/ARJ/LZH/ARC/ZOO extensions
- currently. Will also detect and uncompress imbedded archives,
- even if they are different from the host archive format.
-
- [7] Displays immediate help just by typing "AA" or
- "AA ?" at the DOS prompt.
-
- [8] Simple command line structure. No need to
- remember cryptic switches. Just tell ARC-AID where the file
- you wish to examine is located and it will do the rest.
-
- [9] Timed control of the entire process. Uses 4DOS
- internal timer to tell you how long it took.
-
- [10] Automatic archive cleaning! Will remove BBS ads
- and comments from polluted archives, as well as strip -AV
- codes from ZIP files. PKWare's codes have been compromised
- and no longer provide a valid indication of an untampered
- archive, hence the reason we decided to strip -AV codes on
- files zipped with versions prior to 1.98.
-
- [11] Check for imbedded TELEDISK files and automatic
- integrity check performed if any are detected.
-
- [12] Complete Viruscan of ALL files within archive.
- Since recent viruses have been found to infect data files,
- this is a much more prudent approach than just scanning
- executable files. Scan cannot be aborted and uses McAfee's
- new TURBO mode for faster scanning.
-
- [13] Integrity check performed on every archive (even
- imbedded ones) before uncompressing to disk.
-
- [14] Log available (TEST.LOG) of entire process. This
- can be printed or viewed later if needed.
-
- [15] Customized comment added to each archive (if
- supported) to discern which archives have been processed by
- ARC-AID.
-
- [16] Can be run from ANY drive you wish to uncompress
- files in. Not limited to ONE drive. All necessary directories
- will be created in the drive if not found.
-
- [17] Uses path for global access to program. Now you
- can call it up from anywhere!
-
- [18] Multiple file processing. You can test multiple
- archives by simply using wildcards. Eg. TEST01.ZIP,
- TEST02.ZIP & TEST03.ZIP can be processed with the single
- command:
-
- AA \FILEDIR\TEST*.ZIP
-
- [19] Automatic Alert System will sound alarm if file
- is corrupted or a virus is detected. All processes will be
- aborted.
-
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