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VIGILANTE V1.0
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by James Ingram
This is a virus killer. Oh No! Not
another one, surely? But I have
never seen one like vigilante...
Vigilante has a unique (as far as I
know) feature. It can kill viruses
FROM MEMORY. This means that if
you've got a nasty dose of the
Ghost virus, you DO NOT need to
reset your machine; just run
VIGILANTE, and the Ghost virus can
be killed. From then on, it will
not replicate any more.
It recognises only a handful of
viruses and other bootsectors,
because:
a) these are all I've come across
b) I'm too lazy to put in more
So, it can recognize:
Signum/BPL
KOBOLD
Ghost
Green Goblins
as well as a few anti-viruses and
protectors.
Any suspicious bootsector can be
VIEWED.
Another little feature is the
ability to "UNEXEC" a bootsector.
If you are unsure of a bootsector
which is suspicious, use the
"UNEXEC" option. Re-boot your
machine with the disk in question.
If the disk still works fine, then
the bootsector is not needed, and
can be protected.
If the disk suddenly doesn't work,
then you can make it better again by
using the "EXEC" option.
When run as a desktop accessory,
VIGILANTE will check every disk
which is put in. The screen will
flash red if it has a known virus,
or yellow if it is suspicious. You
can let VIGILANTE automatically kill
known viruses for you if you wish.
This is good if you are well and truly
infected - you can let VIGILANTE
clean your disks as you work - a red
flash will be shown, and the disk will
be cleaned if possible.
There are two type of memory check;
long and short. The long check is
included because KOBOLD can be anywhere
in memory.
If you do not have the long check, KOBOLD
will never be looked for. If you are
infected by KOBOLD, then leave this on!
One last thing - VIGILANTE can run
as a .PRG or a .ACC file - it's up
to you. Just remember that when it
is a .PRG, it will not check every
disk as it is used.
Disclamer
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Usual thing - I use this program OK,
but you use it entirely at your own
risk - if it messes up your entire
disk collection, tough!
Be sensible, though - DON'T use
UNEXEC when there is a virus
resident, and BE CAREFUL!
Disks which are SUSPICIOUS should
NEVER be PROTECTED unless you are
COMPLETELY sure that it is OK to do
so!
James Ingram
December 1993