VirusBlockade™ II Help
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PREVENTION IS THE BEST CURE ! 
– that is our motto.

VirusBlockade II, a Control Panel Document, is a companion product to VirusDetective. Without VirusBlockade, VirusDetective would have to be OPEN in order to scan disks or files, which means YOU would have to OPEN VirusDetective whenever you want VirusDetective to be active. In contrast, with VirusBlockade, you don’t have to open VirusDetective manually because VirusBlockade opens VirusDetective for you, on your behalf – you don’t have to remember to do it!

VirusBlockade opens VirusDetective according to your preset instructions regarding when, where, and how VirusDetective is to search for viruses, Trojan Horses, and worms. VirusBlockade lets you, the Macintosh user, CONTROL the circumstances under which VirusDetective automatically scans disks and files. VirusBlockade hands over control to you, and you don’t have to do any of the routine work. VirusDetective + VirusBlockade keeps your Macintosh humming smoothly !

VirusBlockade automatically scans the Finder’s invisible “Desktop” file for resources that should not exist and automatically deletes them as soon as the disk is mounted, before they get a chance to do any damage.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS…
i)  Preface… Definitions;
A)  Title Box;
B)  Automatically Scan Disks and Scan Files Buttons; 
C)  Automatically Lock or Unlock Disks (Lock Disks) Button; 
D)  Manually Lock or Unlock Disks Checkbox and Drive Button; and 
E)  “Options”, “Help”, “About” and “Configs” Buttons.

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i)  PREFACE… DEFINITIONS…
Before you get into this Help file in any depth, a couple of definitions and explanations are in order:

DEFINITION: “Hexually-transmitted disease” (HTD for short): any virus, Trojan Horse or worm; a file that has an HTD is an “infected” file.

DEFINITION: “A search string has matched the contents of a file”: this is technical jargon for when VirusDetective has found an HTD (virus, Trojan Horse, or worm). In technical terms, a file on the Macintosh is made up of either a resource part (called the resource fork) or a data part (called the data fork), or both. (NOTE: the majority of viruses infect the resource fork.) As a non-technical VirusDetective user, you need NOT know about resource forks and data forks. 

Whenever you see something like “A search string matched the resource part of a file or data part of a file” or simply “A search string matched a resource”, know that VirusDetective has found an infected file. It is the same as saying “A search string found an infected file”.

In the event that a search string matches a file but it turns out NOT to actually be an HTD, it is a “false alarm” (a “ false positive”). Statistically, false positives cannot be prevented – they happen occasionally no matter what you do to prevent them.

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A)  TITLE BOX… 
The Title box identifies this program as being VirusBlockade™ II, its version number, and the company name.

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B)  AUTOMATICALLY SCAN DISKS AND AUTOMATICALLY SCAN FILES BUTTONS…

B.1  Automatically “Scan Disks” button…
When you click the Scan Disks button, up pops the Scan Disks dialog box. The Scan Disks dialog box lets you control automatic scanning of floppy disks, the startup disk, hard disks, and networked disks. When floppy disks are inserted or when other disks besides floppy disks are mounted, you can scan on a selected day of the week, or a selected day of the week at a specific time of day. The Scan Disks dialog box has its own Help file.

B.2  Automatically “Scan Files” button…
When you click the Scan Files button, the Scan Files dialog box appears. The Scan Files dialog box lets you activate SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING™. SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING gives your Macintosh instantaneous protection against HTDs – SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING occurs when a file is created or changed, which means as soon as the file “HITS THE DISK”, so to speak. There is virtually NO delay between when a file gets written-to-disk and when the file gets scanned (it is during such a delay that HTDs have ample opportunity to infect your disks). SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING is available individually for the startup disk, floppy disks, hard disks, or networked disks. When VirusDetective finds an infected file, you can have the file automatically deleted, moved or renamed. The Scan Files dialog box has its own Help file.

SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING EVEN WORKS ON FILE SERVERS!

Also see the VirusBlockade’s About Box, Section G)  A POWERFUL NEW VIRUSBLOCKADE FEATURE CALLED “SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING”…

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C)  AUTOMATICALLY LOCK OR UNLOCK DISKS (LOCK DISKS) BUTTON…
When you click the Lock Disks button, the Lock Disks dialog box displays. The Lock Disks dialog box lets you control automatic locking and unlocking of the startup disk, floppy disks, or hard disks individually. 

The Lock Disks dialog box lets you lock (write-protect) your disks which prevents disk’s contents from being changed or deleted, either accidentally or intentionally. By using the Lock Disks dialog box, you are able to protect your disks from HTDs and UNknowledgeable users. The Locks Disks dialog box features “child-proof” valuable disks while children are unsupervised. The Locks Disks dialog box is especially handy on public-access machines where you don’t want users to modify disks’ contents or accidentally infect disks with HTDs! The Lock Disks dialog box has its own Help file.

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D)  MANUALLY LOCK OR UNLOCK DISKS CHECKBOX AND DRIVE BUTTON…

D.1  “Disk is: [locked or unlocked]” checkbox [the padlock symbol is shown as either locked or unlocked]… 
When you click the Disk is: [locked or unlocked] checkbox, this manually locks the selected disk (with the “Disk Name” showing below it). You can lock any “local” disks. (“Local” means any disk that is a part of your workstation. “Local” does NOT include any disk attached by means of a network.)

D.2  “To Select a Disk Drive” button…
To select the desired disk drive, click the Drive button until the name of the desired disk appears below the Drive button. 

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E)  “OPTIONS”, “HELP”, “ABOUT” AND “CONFIGS” BUTTONS…

E.1  “Options” button…
When you click the Options button, you get the Options dialog box. The Options dialog box lets you…
• prevent anyone from changing your customized VirusBlockade settings (by using a password); 
• insert floppy disks and have them eject immediately (with an optional user-customizable message);
• have an UNknowledgeable user (a “rookie”) work on your Macintosh (such as, data entry work) without having that nagging feeling that your Macintosh is AT RISK from an HTD infection; the user is forced to halt all work and seek competent assistance before (s)he can proceed with his/her work (see the ROOKIE SWITCH™ in the Options dialog box);
• use a bypass key thereby being able to prevent VirusBlockade from loading during startup, or prevent automatic disk locking and automatic disk unlocking; 
• select the VirusBlockade icon display thereby being able to control the display of VirusBlockade’s startup icon.

The Options dialog box has its own Help file.

E.2  “Help” button…
<You are in this file now.> If you want to write the text file to the Clipboard, click Help->Clipboard. Paste the contents of the Clipboard into a word processing program, the file of which you can save permanently. Click the OK button when you want to close the Help file.

E.3  “About” and “Configs” buttons…

E.3.1  “About” button…
When you click the About button, VirusBlockade presents the About dialog box.The About dialog box is important to read because it tells you a number of things: the author of VirusBlockade, company name, company address, telephone, electronic addresses, when the author is personally available by phone, system software requirements, how and where to register VirusBlockade, what you can expect to receive soon after we receive your payment, technical support and customer service our firm provides, briefly what VirusDetective and VirusBlockade do, what the new feature called “SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING” does, SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING with regard to file servers, and describes some features only programmers would be interested in.

If you want to copy the contents of the About box to the Clipboard, click the Text->Clipboard button. Paste the contents of the Clipboard wherever you wish (most likely a word processing application).

E.3.2  “Configs” button…
If you want to partake of several “suggested” Option Configurations / Scenarios, hold down the Option key and click the About button – you will see the About button change to the Configs button.

For more detailed information regarding possible scenarios, consult the internal Help files of the various dialog boxes.

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