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- CyberMedia Guard Dog(tm)
- Version 1.1 Trial Release
-
-
- Thank you for evaluating CyberMedia Guard Dog - our newest Internet
- privacy and security solution designed for Windows 95 users.
-
- LIMITS OF GUARD DOG SERVICE: This Trial version of Guard Dog will
- provide you with full functionality for a pre-determined period 30
- days after first installed. After that time this version will refuse
- to operate and offer to remove itself from the system.
-
- If you choose to purchase the full retail version of Guard Dog, you
- should first remove this trial version.
-
- With today's Internet access capabilities, you can perform many
- of your everyday tasks, like sending mail, shopping, searching and even
- chatting with your friends without leaving your own house! With all
- that convenience, however, there is a risk that your personal
- information might be misused by Web sites or that files downloaded
- from certain Web sites might damage or destroy data on your PC.
-
- When you install Guard Dog you can configure its security features
- to:
-
- - Prevent your important files from being accessed by unknown or
- unauthorized programs.
- - Protect your data from being deleted or damaged by hostile
- ActiveX controls.
- - Prevent Web sites from storing cookies on your hard drive.
- - Remove the history of your Internet activity so that it cannot
- be read by other Internet sites.
- - Check your PC for viruses and clean or remove infected files.
- - Update your Internet browser and Guard Dog itself.
-
- The Update feature uses a limited version of CyberMedia
- Oil Change. This feature is NOT available in the Trial Release.
-
-
-
- Getting the full benefit of Guard Dog
- =====================================
-
- Guard Dog relies on your Internet connection to
- provide its Internet security features. Unless you have
- an Internet provider and browser software designed
- for Windows 95, Guard Dog can provide only
- virus protection.
-
- To use all Guard Dog features, you must have an Internet
- connection through a local network or a modem. Some networks have
- an Internet connection that you can use by connecting to the network
- - either directly or through dial-up networking. If you don't
- connect through a network, your computer must have a modem installed.
-
- You can establish an Internet connection through an Internet Service
- Provider (ISP) such as Netcom or Earthlink. An ISP acts as a
- middle-man between you and the Internet. Your computer connects
- (using your modem) to the ISP's equipment, which in turn connects
- to the Internet. You may also be connected to the Internet through
- an online service such as America Online or CompuServe.
-
- In addition, you must also have a browser. A browser is software,
- such as Netscape Navigator for Windows 95 or Microsoft Internet
- Explorer for Windows 95, that allows you to view text and graphics
- and download files from web sites. America Online 3.0 for Windows
- 95 and CompuServe Interactive 3.0 both include browsers that are
- compatible with Guard Dog.
-
-
- Startup antivirus scan cannot run
- =================================
-
- In two different cases, the Guard Dog AntiVirus scan cannot
- run when you boot your computer.
-
- In one case, WIN.COM has the System attribute set, which prevents
- programs from being executed from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file before
- Windows starts. This is a problem because Guard Dog AntiVirus
- runs from a line inserted into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If the
- System attribute is set, then Windows cannot not start after the
- antivirus scan has been run.
-
- In the other case, EMM386, which specifies how memory is used
- for DOS programs, is using the NOEMS parameter. The NOEMS
- parameter is not compatible with the Guard Dog AntiVirus scanner.
-
- If you see a message box during installation telling you that you
- cannot run the antivirus scan at startup, make one or both of the
- following changes to your system to enable this scan:
-
- - If the System attribute is set on WIN.COM,
- follow these steps to remove the attribute:
-
- 1. Right-click WIN.COM in the file list of
- Windows Explorer. WIN.COM is in the Windows folder.
-
- 2. Choose Properties from the shortcut menu.
-
- 3. Clear the check next to System in the Attributes section
- at the bottom of the Properties dialog box.
-
- 4. Click Apply and close the Properties dialog box.
-
- - If EMM386 is using the NOEMS parameter,
- follow these steps to remove the parameter:
-
- 1. Edit your CONFIG.SYS file using Notepad.
- CONFIG.SYS is in the root folder of drive C.
-
- 2. Find this line:
-
- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
-
- 3. Change the line to:
-
- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM
-
- 4. Save the file and exit from Notepad.
-
- After you have performed either or both of these steps,
- add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- @REM *** The following line was added by CyberMedia Guard Dog.
- @REM Do not remove if Guard Dog is still installed. ***
- @Call C:\PROGRA~1\CYBERM~1\GDVCHECK.BAT
-
- If you did not install Guard Dog in the default folder, change
- the path of the Call statement to the correct Guard Dog path
- for your system.
-
-
- Make sure that you really have a virus
- -------------------------------------
-
- Do not blame ordinary system or software problems on a virus.
-
- - Windows crashes occasionally because of application conflicts.
- This does not necessarily mean you have a virus. It often indicates
- that the program has defects, or that your system is not configured
- correctly.
-
- - Unexpected hard disk activity does not necessarily indicate a virus
- either. Windows uses hard disk-based swap files, especially when you
- are running programs that use a lot of memory. This causes disk
- accesses to occur when you do not expect them.
-
- - Files with strange names are probably not viruses. These are usually
- temporary files created by applications, such as Microsoft Word.
-
-
- Isolate the virus
- -----------------
-
- Follow these steps:
-
- 1. Do not use the suspected programs or files.
-
- - If you suspect that a program is infected, DO NOT RUN the
- program.
-
- - If you suspect that a data file, such as a Word .DOC file or an
- Excel .XLS file, is infected, DO NOT OPEN the document. If you
- open the document, the macro virus in the file is executed.
-
- If you suspect that you have a boot sector virus, which is a virus
- that resides in the boot sector of your hard disk, and not in any
- program or document file, see "Boot virus," in the "Submitting
- a virus sample" section.
-
- 2. Isolate suspected files by moving them to a separate directory.
- Name the directory INFECTED so that you can remember not to use
- files in it. Your best choice might be to move the files to a
- floppy disk.
-
- 3. Compress the files to save disk space and put the virus in a
- non-executable file.
-
- Use PKZip (a shareware program available on the Net) to ZIP the
- suspected file.
-
-
- Troubleshooting
- ==============
-
- - If InstallShield reports error #42 or error #301 when you run the
- Guard Dog setup program, your temporary directory might not be
- configured properly. To solve this problem, delete all files in your
- Windows/Temp directory.
-
- - When Cookie Blocking is enabled and you visit a site that sets a
- cookie, if you say "No" to disallow that cookie it might still be
- written to your local disk. However, this cookie is NOT sent back
- to the requesting page, so that your privacy is still protected.
-
- - If you have Starfish Utility NetMeter installed on your system, we
- recommend that you disable it while Guard Dog is running. You will
- not be able to use the Update feature of Guard Dog if NetMeter is
- enabled.
-
- - If you are having intermittent problems with the Guard Dog sound
- effects, you might be experiencing a conflict with MagnaRAM memory
- management software. Disable MagnaRAM to solve this problem.
-
- - Running other Internet security products like Finjan SurfinShield,
- EliaShim eSafe Protect, or Norton Safe on the Web simultaneously with
- CyberMedia Guard Dog is not a good idea. These products have
- security features which could collide and cause problems.
-
- - Be sure to click the update button on the main screen often to
- ensure you have the latest version and most up-to-date virus
- protection.
-
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- Copyright (c) 1997-98 CyberMedia, Inc.
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