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McAfee WebScan version 1.04
for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT (i386)
Release Notes - May 1996
Thank you for using McAfee's WebScan for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and
Windows NT. As with all McAfee products, we would like to have your
comments. Please use the contact information included in this file to give
McAfee your comments and suggestions.
This file contains important release information and installation
instructions. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you read this entire document
before installing or uninstalling WebScan.
___________________
WHAT'S IN THIS FILE
This file covers the following topics:
What's New!
Introduction to WebScan for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT (i386)
Installation
System Requirements
Installation Instructions
Manually Configuring WebScan
Uninstalling WebScan
Known Problems for This Release
Additional Information
McAfee Contact Information
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WHAT'S NEW!
New features introduced in WebScan 1.04 are:
Support for 32-bit World Wide Web browsers
Applications now protected by WebScan are:
SPRY Mosaic (WebScan, NetLauncher, Mosaic in a Box)
America Online's World Wide Web Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.5 & 2.0
Netcom NetCruiser
Netscape Navigator, 16-bit and 32-bit
Lotus cc:Mail
Pegasus Mail
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INTRODUCTION to WebScan for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT (i386)
McAfee WebScan for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT is the ideal
tool for protecting your workstations from possible virus infections via
e-mail and browsing the World Wide Web on the Internet. To enhance your
system's ability to help you communicate and gather information efficiently,
WebScan also includes electronic mail (Pegasus Mail) and World Wide Web
browser (SPRY Mosaic) components which are automatically linked to WebScan
during installation.
WebScan operates by linking to installed applications on your Windows
workstation. These applications automatically launch WebScan whenever files
are downloaded to your local computer, whether they are e-mail attachments
using Pegasus Mail or cc:Mail, or files downloaded from the Internet using
World Wide Web browsers such as SPRY Mosaic, Netscape Navigator, America
Online's web browser, or Microsoft's Internet Explorer. WebScan scans each
file for possible viruses and immediately notifies you if one is detected,
allowing you to delete the file before it has a chance to infect your
system.
WebScan even scans compressed and zipped files (*.zip, *.arc, *.arj)
recursively. If you elect to save an infected file anyway, you should use
other McAfee products such as VirusScan to "clean" the infected file.
WebScan's new polling feature pro-actively scans cc:Mail e-mail attachments
even before you check your mail. If a possible virus is detected, WebScan
notifies you and sends an e-mail notification to the sender of the infected
message.
You can also configure WebScan to send e-mail notification to the system
administrator to quickly contain the infected file from further spread.
Additionally, WebScan can be configured to move the infected message from
your inbox to an "Infected Files" quarantine folder within cc:Mail.
WebScan includes both electronic mail and World Wide Web browser components.
The e-mail component is Pegasus Mail, a solid mail package which enables you
to send and receive electronic messages and attached files across the world
via the Internet. The browser component is SPRY Mosaic which connects you
to the Internet and allows you to browse the World Wide Web. SPRY Mosaic
includes support for both LAN connections and dial-up PPP connections.
Together, these components make WebScan a powerful tool to protect your
system from virus infection while you use your system for education, work,
and fun on The Net.
McAfee will continue to improve this release, and all its products, on a
regular basis.
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INSTALLATION
System Requirements
Before you install WebScan, you need:
- Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, or Windows NT 3.51 (i386).
- 4MB Memory (RAM).
- 9MB available storage (Hard Disk) space.
- FILES= statement in CONFIG.SYS set to FILES=50 or higher.
To use the e-mail and World Wide Web browser components, you may also need:
- A Local Area Network (LAN) connection.
or
- A modem, active phone line, and an account with an information
service, internet service provider, or other dial-up network service.
Installing WebScan
Use the following procedure to install the WebScan software.
To install WebScan, complete the following procedures.
It is recommended that you quit all other Windows applications before
running SETUP.
1. Select Run from the File menu.
2. Type A:\SETUP.EXE (or use the path to the WebScan Setup Program) and
press ENTER. The License Agreement screen appears.
3. Read the license agreement and choose Yes to accept the terms. The
Welcome screen appears. If you do not agree with the terms, choose No,
and Setup will quit.
4. Click Next. The User Information screen appears. Enter your Name and
Company. Again, click Next.
5. In the Setup Type screen, select the appropriate installation type:
Typical, Compact, or Custom.
"Typical" is recommended for most users and installs all WebScan
components. "Compact" installs the minimum WebScan AntiVirus
components. "Custom" allows you to choose which components to install
and is recommended for advanced users.
6. Select the Destination Directory into which WebScan will be installed.
The default is:
C:\McAfee\WebScan
You can change this by clicking "Browse..." Click Next in the Setup
Type screen to continue installation.
7. If you did NOT choose Custom setup, skip to step 8. Otherwise, you are
presented with a list of WebScan components to install. Select the
appropriate components. Click Next.
8. When installing the WebScan browser component, the Installed
Applications Screen appears. This lists currently installed
applications on your system which WebScan can configure to protect your
system from viruses. Be sure there is a check mark next to each
application you would like to protect from downloading infected files.
Click Next to continue.
Setup checks your system for an existing connection to the Internet. If
it finds one, you are prompted whether to maintain your current
connection as the default, or to set SPRY Mosaic as the default.
If Setup does not initially find an existing Internet connection, you
are prompted to instruct Setup to run a more thorough secondary search,
skip the search (you know you DO NOT have another connection), or to
bypass the search (you know you DO have another connection).
9. Select a Program Folder in which WebScan should place Program Icons.
You can choose to add them to an existing Program Group from the list,
or WebScan will create its own Program Folder, "McAfee WebScan". Click
Next.
10. WebScan Setup displays your installation settings and prompts you to
confirm them before completing the installation. If you would like to
change a setting, click Back to the appropriate configuration window,
make the change, and click Next until you return to the Confirm
Installation Settings screen. Click Next to confirm the settings.
Setup copies the required files to your hard disk and links WebScan to
the selected applications.
11. If you chose to link WebScan to Lotus cc:Mail, the cc:Scan configuration
screen is displayed. Set the appropriate options and click "Save" to
continue.
Note: Leaving the Administrator e-mail ID blank defaults to cc:Mail's
Administrator.
12. WebScan Setup displays a list of files which were modified during
installation, along with a corresponding list of backup files (copies of
the original files before installation). Clic