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The PC Canary v91e Robert Schenot Registration $ 19.95
UTIL APR91 PCCanary Schenot Virus Detector Alarm Security ASP
FILES: cny91e.sdn
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Virus alarm which detects modifications to .EXE, .DAT and
COMMAND.COM files. Installs easily and does not modify
files, allowing its use with other security programs. Allows
DOS upgrades. Named for miner's canary whose death signalled
invisible toxic fumes.
For centuries, miners have brought a canary down into the
mines with them. They do not do this for the company or for
the music; they do it because a canary will die from small
amounts of deadly gasses prior to the miner feeling adverse
effects. Installed and used properly, The PC Canary may be
one of the first programs to become infected by a computer
virus, and will give you enough warning to eradicate the
virus and recover before the virus does serious damage.
This program scans itself, its data file, and COMMAND.COM for
infection by a computer virus. The PC Canary scans for all
types of computer virus that infect .exe programs or .dat
files, ie., virtually all viruses. It is able to scan itself
even for viruses that haven't been written yet, since it
detects the effects of the virus rather than the virus
itself.
Advantages of a passive virus detector include:
* Low maintenance. Since it detects the effects, rather
than the signature of a virus, it is not necessary to
constantly update the software for new virus strains.
* Low overhead. It is not memory-resident, and so does not
require CPU cycles and memory. Since it need scan only a
limited number of files for known results, it takes
little processing time as compared to programs that scan
all files for matches on a signature table of more than
200 possible viruses.
A smoke alarm, not a fire extinguisher.
Hardware Requirements : PC or MS-DOS computer w 200k RAM,
300k disk.
Other Requirements : DOS 2.1 or higher.
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