The Arsenal Files 8/The Arsenal Files Collection #8 (Arsenal Computer) (1996).ISO/dosutils/angame30.zip/MANUAL.TXT

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AntiGame(tm) - The Games Eliminator - Version 3.0 for MS-DOS
              (formerly known as UnGame)

Copyright (c) 1994-96 DVD Software, Ltd. All rights reserved.


                Table of Contents:

        Introduction ...................................... 1.0
        Installation ...................................... 2.0
        Running AntiGame  ................................. 3.0
            Search ........................................   3.1
            Search and Clean ..............................   3.2
            Search and Log ................................   3.3
            Set Log File    ...............................   3.4
            Select Search Path ............................   3.5
            Select Search Path ............................   3.5
            Exit ..........................................   3.6
        AntiGame Options .................................. 4.0
            Check All Files ...............................   4.1
            Check Compressed Files ........................   4.2
            Generate MIF File .............................   4.3
        The Information Window ............................ 5.0
            Help ..........................................   5.1
            During the search .............................   5.2
            When a game is found ..........................   5.3
            In the end of the search ......................   5.4
        The AntiGame Command Line ......................... 6.0
        Using AntiGame on Local Drives..................... 7.0
        Technical Support ................................. 8.0
        Unrecognized Games ................................ 9.0

1.0 Introduction

Have you ever considered how many employee working hours are wasted playing PC
games?  What about network performance degradation and wasted disk space?  You
could achieve substantial savings if you could remove games from your network.
AntiGame  can  search,  detect  and  optionally delete games from your network
server's disk  or  from individual disks  (local C: drives). AntiGame searches
through  the  files  in the specified directories  for  a special "signature".
These signatures are held in  the AntiGame database,  which  already  includes
thousands of the most popular games.  The file signatures are not based on the
filename, so, simply renaming a game will not prevent its detection.

Release 3.0 can detect 6096 different games.  The shareware version can detect
close to 100 different games only.

AntiGame  can delete games under Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2 and
DOS.  AntiGame supports all major PC networks (Novell,  Windows NT, Banyan and
Lan Server).

This document describes the use of the DOS version, including the batch
option.


2.0 Installation

Create a directory on your drive (network or hard disk)  and copy the ZIP file
to this directory.  Use PKUNZIP to expand the compressed files.   The original
compressed  file  name is  ANGAM30S.ZIP  (shareware version)  or  ANGAM30R.ZIP
(registered version).   For example - in order to install AntiGame on drive C:
in a directory called antigame, from a distribution diskette inserted in drive
A,  type the following from the DOS prompt:
    c:
    md c:\antigame
    copy a:*.* c:\antigame
    pkunzip ANGAM30R.ZIP

Note:
=====
If your are using DOS version below 3.1, you must set the AntiGame environment
variable to point to your antigame  directory  by inserting the following line
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
    set antigame=c:\antigame


3.0 Running AntiGame

Before you run AntiGame,  it is strongly recommended that you take a backup of
your data.   Although  the game "signature" recognition  process  is accurate,
there is always a very low chance (although remote), that a non game file will
be deleted.

To activate AntiGame for Windows, run ANTIGAMW.EXE.   Use the on-line Help for
operating instructions.

To run AntiGame (for DOS),  type AntiGame from the antigame directory (or from
any other directory if path exists) and press <ENTER>.  Upon entering AntiGame
you are presented  with  the main  menu.  The menu  has six  options.  You can
select different options by:
    a.   Using the   UP and   DOWN arrows  on your keyboard and pressing ENTER
         on the highlighted option
    b.   Typing the highlighted option letter

The following options are available:

3.1 Search

This option scans the selected drive for games.  If a game is found,  you have
the option  to clean  the game  (delete it  from the disk) or continue without
cleaning.


3.2 Search and Clean

This option scans the selected drive for games.  If a game is found,  the game
files are cleaned (deleted) and the scan continues.
USE THIS OPTION WITH CAUTION!   It will delete all known games in the selected
drive/path.


3.3 Search and Log

This option  scans the  selected drive  for games.  If a game is found the log
file is updated and the scan continues.  We recommend that you use this option
before you use the Search and Clean options so you can review the log file for
a list of the games to be deleted.


3.4 Set Log File

This  options  allows  you  to  change  the log  file name  from the  default:
ANTIGAME.LOG. A log file is created by the AntiGame program when using any one
of the above options.
This file contains the following information:
    -   Name of the games found
    -   Disk  statistics - how much disk space can be saved by deleting the
        game files located on the disk


3.5 Select Search Path

The default search path  is the root directory of the current disk.   Use this
option to select a different  search path.   AntiGame will search  through the
selected directory  and its  sub-directories.  Note that  you can also set the
search path from the command line. See details below.


3.6 Exit

Use this option to  EXIT from AntiGame.   You can also exit the program at any
time (even during a search) by pressing the ESC key.



4.0 AntiGame Options

The AntiGame options are activated from the command line in the DOS version or
from the menu and/or the command line in the Windows version.


4.1 Check All Files

When "Check All Files" is on, AntiGame checks ALL the files in the search path
for the special signature.    By default only .EXE and .COM files are checked.
Use this option only  if you suspect that  users rename the suffix of the game
executable files.  Use of this option will slow the search process.


4.2 Check Compressed Files

When "Check Compressed Files" is on, AntiGame scans inside compressed files of
the following types:   ZIP, ARJ, LHA and RAR.
AntiGame will decompress each file and scan for games. If "Check All Files" is
on, every file in the compressed file will be scanned. Use of this option will
SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW the search process if many compressed files exist.

Note:
In order for the "Check Compressed Files" option to function properly, the EXE
files of those archive products  (pkunzip.exe,  arj.exe,  lha.exe and rar.exe)
must be in a directory that is pointed by the PATH environment variable. Also,
the PIF files  (pkunzip.pif, arj.pif, lha.pif and rar.pif)  must reside in the
"start in" directory (Windows 95) or the "working directory" (Windows 3.1).


4.3 Generate MIF File

AntiGame supports the Management Information Format standard.   When "Generate
MIF File"  is on,  AntiGame  writes the MIF signature group table entry of the
game's main executable to a designated file.    This file can later be used by
management software which supports the MIF format  (e.g.,  Microsoft's Systems
Management Server).

The output format is:
  {Name, Size, Date & Time, Checksum, CRC1, CRC2, Loc};


5.0 The Information Window

An information  window is  located on the right side of the menu.  It displays
operating instructions  or other  information according  to the program phase.
The different phases and their associated screens are detailed below.


5.1 Help

A help screen is  available while  selecting options  from the main menu. This
screen includes context sensitive information on the highlighted option.


5.2 During the search

The information window displays the number of games found, the number of games
deleted, the disk space that is saved and the selected search path.


5.3 When a game is found

The information  window displays the name of the game that was found,  a short
description of  the game,  the size of the main EXE file,  the total number of
the files that the game includes and the total game size.


5.4 When the search terminates

The information  window displays  the total  search statistics.  The number of
files searched, the number of games found, the total disk space that the games
occupy,  the number of files deleted and the total size of the files that were
deleted.



6.0 The AntiGame Command Line

It is highly recommended that  AntiGame will be scheduled to run  periodically
on all server drives.     The best time to run it is after a scheduled backup.
Make sure that the PC it is running on,   has security authorization to update
all drives.

You can  use the  following command  line options  to bypass the main menu and
select an operation directly from the DOS command line.


ANTIGAME [search path] [-Flogfile] [-Xexclude] [-Mfilename] [other switches]

    search path    Path/Disk to begin the search.
    -S  Search mode.
    -C  Search and clean mode.
    -L  Search and log mode.
    -B  Batch mode:  Does not display the GUI. Exit the program on completion.
        This mode should be executed with the /C or /L only.
    -Y  Automatic "yes" answer to all safety prompts issued by AntiGame.
        Should be used with caution!
    -D  Disable Ctrl-Break and Esc (to prevent termination by the user)
    -Q  Quiet/suppress all messages to screen (in batch mode)
    -O  Write to Log Only if games are found.
    -F  Set the log file name.
    -M  Create a MIF file and set the MIF file name (see 4.3).
    -W  Wipe the game .exe files,   so they cannot be recovered by an undelete
        utility.
    -A  Check All files (By default only .exe and .com files are checked).
    -X  The filename of a file  which contains the names of games and files to
        be excluded from the search (so they will not be deleted.)    The game
        file name should be specified without the path. For example:
        tetris.exe
    -Z  Check compressed files (see 4.2).
    -H  Display help.

Note:  All command line options can be specified in either upper case or lower
       case.

Examples:

   AntiGame F:\ /XF:\antiame\exclude.txt /a /z

AntiGame will search all files in drive (F) for games.   Compressed files will
be decompressed and all their contents checked as well.   The file EXCLUDE.TXT
(in the directory :F:\antigame")   contains a list of all the file names which
should be excluded from the search (one line for each file name).


   AntiGame C:\ /B /L /Y /O /D /Q /FC:\SMS\antigame.LOG /MC:\SMS\ANTIGAME.MIF

AntiGame will search the local drive (C) for games,   will log all games found
in the file C:\SMS\antigame.LOG (only if games are found), for each game found
write an entry in the file C:\SMS\ANTIGAME.MIF  and then will exit without any
prompt.



7.0 Using AntiGame on Local Drives (C Drives).

Games can be found not just on servers but also on local drives (C drives). It
is possible to use AntiGame to clean games from local drives as well.   If the
PC is stand alone,   then simply insert the AntiGame command as part of the PC
start-up procedure  (e.g., in AUTOEXEC.BAT).   In such case,  AntiGame must be
installed on the PC local drive.

In most cases however,  AntiGame is installed on the server,  and the best way
to activate it is during the network login procedure.   The following examples
are from a Novell login script, but similar mechanisms should be used in other
network operating systems (like NT and Banyan).

Example 1
---------

Insert the following command in the user login script:

   AntiGame C:\ /B /C /Y /O /D /Q /FF:\gamelogs\%login_name.LOG

AntiGame will search the local drive (C) for games,  will clean them,  log all
its activities in the file    F:\Gamelogs\%login_name.LOG   (only if games are
found) and then will exit without any prompt. Note that "%login_name" variable
(which is a Novell script variable)   will be replaced upon execution  (by the
script) with the Novell login name of the user.   As a result,  a separate log
file is created for each PC user.


Example 2
---------

If you do not wish to activate AntiGame every day (on local drives),   you can
use the following sample code (Novell login script):

   IF DAY='xx' THEN BEGIN
      #ANTIGAME ......
      END

      (xx is 01 to 31)

  or

   IF DAY_OF_WEEK='MONDAY' THEN BEGIN
      #ANTIGAME ....
      END

8.0 Technical Support

For technical support, please contact DVD Software, Inc. at:

        Internet..............  [e-mail]
        Tel.................... 714-757-0615
        Fax.................... 714-757-1832
        Compuserve............. 76131,1450
        America Online......... AntiGame
        BBS.................... 714-757-1829,  1200-14.4K baud, USR V.32
        Mail..................  DVD Software, Inc.
                                P.O. Box 16112, Irvine, CA 92623-6112
                                2 Ravenna, Irvine, CA 92614

For ordering information, please read ORDER.TXT


8.0  Unrecognized Games

The AntiGame database contains 6096 games.   New games are added continuously.
If you find a game which is not recognized by AntiGame, we would appreciate if
you could inform DVD technical support of the following details:
   Name of game
   Release
   Vendor
   Name and size of main EXE (or COM) file.

DVD will do its utmost to include the game in the next update of AntiGame.

A planned feature of AntiGame is the ability of users to add games to the
AntiGame database.  Watch for it in one of the coming releases.