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VirusX 4.01
Freely Redistrutable
Copyright (c) 1990 Steve Tibbett
If you are new to VirusX, please hunt down VirusX 4.0, the last full
release of VirusX. It includes a program called KV to seek out and
remove link viruses from your hard disk, and the full documentation
and source to VirusX. You should be able to find it wherever you
found this version - if not, ask for it.
VirusX 4.01 is a small update from VirusX 4.00 - I've made a lot of
changes to the program, but there is only one visible change - and
it's actually an invisible change.
VirusX no longer has to open a window. The new "-N" option will cause
VirusX to run in the background and do all that it usually does,
without opening a window.
"But how do I look at disk boot blocks, then?" you ask? Even if you
didn't ask, here's how to do it - you just run VirusX again. VirusX
will notice that it's already running, and ask if you want the other
copy to quit, open its window, or if you want to just cancel the whole
operation (leave the other copy running, and quit this new copy).
You cannot have two copies of VirusX running - but why would you want
to anyway?
I fixed a few bugs from V4.00, mainly the read-from-location-zero bug
that caused VirusX to crash on machines with 2091 hard disk
controllers, among other things.
This version of VirusX is fully compatible with AmigaDOS 2.0, and will
take advantage of its improved Intuition in simple places (ie, moving
the VirusX window around), where approporiate. This does not affect
how VirusX behaves under 1.3 and earlier versions.
This version of VirusX is being released WITHOUT the source code.
This is because the current source has requires the AmigaDOS 2.0
includes to compile, and these are not currently available to the
general public. I am also not including the documentation or KV in
the release archive, simply because none of these things have changed.
The next full release of VirusX will have all these items, and if you
are the picky sort, you can ignore this version until the next full
release.
V4.01 checks for no new viruses. I do have a number of new viruses to
add, but haven't had time to do it, and a bug fix release is long
overdue.
Staying current with VirusX isn't as easy as it sounds. There are
currently two known "Bogus" versions of VirusX - Virusx 4.4, and
VirusX 5.0. Neither of these are my product. The only way to be sure
of the latest version is either to call my BBS, Plink, Bix, or Me (in
that order!). If you are going to distribute VirusX to others, ie, on
a disk-of-the-month or on a disk magazine, please make sure you have
the current version.
If you wish to get ahold of me for any reason, the best way is via
modem. I'm an assitant chairman of the AmigaZone on People/Link, known
there as STEVEX. I'm also on Bix, known as "s.tibbett". If you
aren't on one of those services, then you can call my BBS at 613-731-
3419. If you really need to speak to me, call me in the evening at
613-731-5316. Writing to me is not a good idea, as I don't normally
respond to mail (though I do read everything I get).
I'm also changing the status of VirusX slightly. VirusX is no longer
"Public Domain", but is instead now classed as "Freely Redistrutable,
Copyright 1990 Steve Tibbett". You are free to distribute VirusX as a
part of any collection that is being sold for the cost of duplication
and distribution, providing that you verify with me the status of the
version you plan to distribute. (If you just downloaded it from Plink
or from my BBS, then don't bother). Online distribution in any form
is okay. Any other distribution (specifically disk magazines) should
contact me. (I don't like legal stuff, but I like the idea of a
version of VirusX that can do damage to people's systems being
distributed even less, hence this paragraph).
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you have had VirusX complain about the CoolCapture vector when you
run it, and you are using either AmigaDOS 2.0 or SetPatch r (the r
option on SetPatch - check your startup sequence), then that is the
cause of it. If you run VirusX with the "-r" option, then it will not
complain about this. (It will actually not complain about ANY unknown
coolcapture vectors above $80000, but this does not affect its
detection of all known viruses, even if they are up there).
On SOME systems in some configurations, I'm really not sure what,
VirusX will complain about the SetPatch capture even with the -r set.
If this happens, use the "-c" option which will turn off the capture
checking altogether.