home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Cream of the Crop 20
/
Cream of the Crop 20 (Terry Blount) (1996).iso
/
virus
/
i_m302a.zip
/
HISTORY.DOC
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-07-17
|
20KB
|
507 lines
Version 3.02a released 7-16-96
1) Integrity Master can now detect unknown viruses in memory with its
"Resident program and memory" configuration check. This allows you
to detect the presence of unknown viruses without booting from a
floppy and also provides you a warning if the low-level configuration
of your PC has changed. This check is done automatically by
the "Entire disk integrity" option on the check menu or directly by
the "/CM" command line switch or the "Resident programs and memory"
option on the "Check" menu.
2) IM offers several new command line options:
"/CM" Check resident programs and memory (allows detection of unknown
memory resident viruses. This is equivalent to the "Resident
programs and Memory" option on the check menu.
"/IM" Record (initialize) data describing resident programs and memory
"/MF=xxxx.SRL" Specifies the file used by check "Resident programs
and memory" command.
"/MS#" You can use the command line /MS# option (or SetupIM) to
vary the sensitivity of IM to resident program configuration
changes. The sensitivity can be set from 0 to 9. 0 turns
the check off, and 9 provides maximum sensitivity to
changes. /MS4 is the default (and recommended) setting. /MS9 is
useful for for researchers and on systems where there should
be no software changes at all.
3) IM identifies over 700 new viruses by name and characteristic
including: 4Seasons, Alfons, Angry, Antarex, AntiDivina, AntiDMV, AOS
(many variants), Asparagus, Atom, Baby, BadCom, Body, BootCom,
Burglar.1150, Bye, Caesar, Chance, Claws, CNTV, Colors, Combi,
Compiac, ConceptC, CroatVir, Date, Detic, Dick2, Doperland, Draculea,
DST, Eliza, Entity,ExeHeader.NLA, Faulkner,Friends, Funky, Genesis,
GerganaB, Gisela, Goldfish, Hamlet, Henry.IV, Hickup, Hole, Hot,
Httm, Immortal2, Imposter, Inquisitor.625, Ioe, Irish, Joker3,
Kaczor, Kali, Karol, Kasia, Kat, Kobrin, Koufidis, L&D, Lez, Louse,
Loves, Major, Mand, MDMA, MeiHua, Mobius, Morgen, MrH, MrR, Mururoa,
Nado, Neumann, Nexiv_Der, NuclearB, Nutcracker, PCA_Vir, Peligro,
Pheew, Pindong, Polite, Positron, Pretentious, Proto, Quandry,
R2Life, Raveica, Redhack, Redwarf, Reflex, Retail, Romeo, SayNay,
Shakespeare, Spirit, StickyKeys, Syndrome, Tanpro, Tet, Thunder
Struck, Tip, Trance, TV_N, Valentine, Voyage.1134, Wazzu, Were1500,
XENIXOS, XGH, Xnof, Z-90, Zlanted, ZX-X.
Versions 3.00a and 3.01 limited distribution beta releases.
These should NOT be used after 7/15/96.
Version 2.61b released 2-13-96
1) Minor fixes: /RE command line parameter and order screen (F2).
2) Agent list and our mailing address and telephone numbers have
been updated. WE ARE NOW LOCATED IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO!
Version 2.61a released 1-31-96
1) IM now offers an additional option when it finds a directory with no
integrity data. It will offer to ignore (skip checking) the current
and lower directories.
2) .SID files are no longer needed. Integrity Master now returns more
detailed information for system sector changes and avoids reporting
changes when Win95 changes the serial number in floppy boot sectors.
3) Additional support for recognizing devices under OS/2 and Win95.
4) The ReLoad menu has a new option titled, "Partition Boot code" and
there is a new associated command line switch: "/RE". This will check
the partition table and replace the executable code in the partition
sector (AKA Master Boot Record) with a clean self-checking program.
This can be used to remove boot sector viruses from your hard disk
when IM has no reload data. This code is compatible with DOS 2.1 or
later, OS/2, Win 95, Win NT and other operating systems.
5) The ReLoad menu has a new option titled, "Floppy Boot Sector" and
there is a new associated command line switch: "/RF". This will check
the disk parameters and replace the executable code in the boot
sector with a clean self-checking program and can correct the disk
parameters (diskette type, size, # of tracks, etc.) if needed. This
can be used to remove boot sector viruses from floppy diskettes when
IM has no reload data.
6) The option "Ignore Time/date changes ──────> on/OFF" is now set to
"on" in most cases and its function has been improved. IM will now
check for date or time changes even if this options is set to "ON"
but it will not display the change if the only change to the file
is its date or time stamp.
7) The Windows configuration is corrected for Win 95 (in some cases the
IM Windows setup program (IMWIN.EXE) would install the wrong command
line switches.)
8) IM now displays (and writes to the report file) when integrity data
update is turned off because of detected file corruption during
unattended checking.
9) IM identifies over 600 new viruses by name and characteristic including:
Achey, AirRaid, Algerian, Amazon Queen, Andris, Annihilator, Antibase,
AntiCom, Antipode, Are_Three, ArmyBoots, Assassin, AtomAnt, Avalon, BABA,
BadSectors, Bane, Blue9, Bobas, Bops, Boza, Bugs, Burglar, Byway,
CaNTaNDo, Cavaco, CeCe, China Syndrome, CLI&HLT, Clouds, Codejrn,
Cordobes, Cosenza, Crazy9, Crazy_Frog, Cybercide, Deliver, Dementia,
Desperate, Devastator, Dex, DigitalDeath, DosIdle, Drugs, DR_ET,
DΣSΣCRÆTΣD, Elaine, EM, Emmie3, Eternity, FatAveng, Finopoly, Fistik,
Five_U,G_World, FlyingV, Forget, Frankenstein, Girl_in_Green, Gnida,
Goobers, Gr0b, Grave Lion, Gynx, HDZZ, Horsa, Hypervisor, Immortal,
Istanbul, Jewelry, Jungle, Kirti, Kmee, Lady Death, Lapidario, Leda, LTS,
LTS2, Lutil, Mantis, Manzon, Manzon, Maresme, Markt, Merci, Mickie,
Milikk, Ming360, Mirage, MnemoniX, Monica, Morbid, MSD, MULTiPLEX,
Neither, Nemesis, NRLG NRLG, Ohlala, Onkogen, OpalSoft2, Paradise, Piojo,
Pizelun, Plague, RatBoy2, Right2Life, RiP, Rogue, Rose666, Sarampo,
Satria, Scotch, ShineAway, Sofia, Stakka, Sticky, Taurus2, TeaForTwo,
Unashamed, Unholy, Unloved, Vir6T, XERAM, Xuxa0, XUXA_Park
2.60 (prerelease) November 1995
1) Detection of macro based viruses with additional support in SetupIM
for macro file scanning options. Including the option to check all
files for the presence of macros. (IM otherwise checks only those files
likely to contain macros for the presence of macros.)
2) Windows .PIF files now run IM in full screen rather than windowed due
to compatibility problems on some systems.
3) SetupIM is modified so that for new installs integrity data files are
hidden under Win95 systems.
Version 2.51c released 8/14/95
1. Fixes problem that occurs with buggy drivers under Windows for
Workgroups 3.11. The drivers return an incorrect sector size to IM.
This results in errors when IM tries to check system sectors. This fix
detects the error and uses an alternate way to determine sector size.
Version 2.51b released 7/24/95
1. No change to programs beyond changing release from 2.51a to 2.51b. 2.51a
contained a defective GENVIR.EXE. 2.51b contains a corrected GENVIR.EXE.
(The defective version did not create a correct test virus as intended.)
Version 2.51a released 7/19/95
1) Add support for entering and displaying file and directory names
which contain high ASCII characters (characters with a code higher
than 128).
2) The new /NA option allows execution of IM with no ESCape or ALT X
key abort possible during checking. This allows you to prevent someone
from aborting a scheduled check invoked from a .BAT file.
3) Add /IC command line parameter to allow Initialization of CMOS reload
file from a batch file.
4) "Core" CMOS checking, a new more selective type of CMOS checking
is now available. Selecting "Core" will report only changes to
CMOS which could affect the integrity of your data or your ability
to reliably use your PC. "Base" and "Full" checking continue to work
as they have b