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- McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0.0 Public Beta
- Problem Reporting Guide
- (REPGUIDE.TXT)
-
- Author: David Pierce
- Last Update: 3/16/94
- Printed: 3/16/94
-
-
- Thank you for participating in the McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0 Public
- Beta Program. This document is intended to aide you in detecting
- and reporting problems encountered during the beta period, and
- includes the following:
-
- * Problem Reporting
- * Product Notes
- * Known Problems with 2.0.0 Beta A
- * Bug Report Form
-
-
- ----------
- DISCLAIMER
- ----------
- This product is Beta software, and as such, is not at production
- quality levels. It is not intended for daily use, and should not
- be used as the sole source of anti-virus protection for your
- system. In no event shall McAfee Inc. be responsible for any
- damages whatsoever arising out of the use or inability to use
- this product.
-
-
- PROBLEM REPORTING
- =================
- If you encounter any problems during the course of the Beta
- period, please review the list of known problems, below, to
- see if your problem is on the list. Problems listed are
- currently being addressed, and will be fixed before the final
- release of the product. If your problem is not listed, please
- notify us so we can address the issue; Fill out a copy of the
- enclosed Bug Report Form and FAX or mail it to us at:
-
- E-mail: vs20beta@cinnamon.McAfee.COM
- FAX: (408) 970-9727 (Address FAXes to to SQA)
- BBS: (408) 988 4004
- User: VS20BETA SUPPORT
-
- Mailing Address:
- ATTN: SQA
- 2710 Walsh Avenue
- Suite 200
- Santa Clara, CA 95051-0963
-
- -------------------------------
- IMPORTANT NOTICE - PLEASE READ!
- -------------------------------
- Due to the nature of anti-virus software, the slight chance exists
- that a virus may be reported in a file that is not infected by that
- virus.
-
- If you receive a report of a virus infection which you believe may
- be in error, please contact us by one of the methods listed above,
- and upload a copy of the file in question to the BBS. Include in
- any correspondence your name, address, daytime telephone number,
- and electronic mail address, if any.
-
-
- PRODUCT NOTES
- =============
- The following issues are not problems with this release, but
- intentional differences having to do with the release schedule
- and the product design. If you are already familiar with McAfee
- anti-virus products, please review this list to familiarize
- yourself with the issues. For more information on changes
- between SCAN 2.0 and previous version, please see the enclosed
- documentation (VIRUSCAN.TXT and VSHIELD.TXT).
-
-
- * Virus detection in this release is not complete. If you
- encounter a virus which is not detected by this release, please
- notify us and upload a copy of the infected file to the BBS so
- we can ensure that the virus is detected in the final release.
-
- * Specific variants of most viruses are not distinguished from
- the parent virus in this release; therefore, many different
- variants will be identified as the same virus. In the final
- release, known variants will be identified exactly and distinguished
- from each other.
-
- * The first public Beta releases of VIRUSCAN and OS/2 SCAN do not
- have any virus removal capabilities. The next Beta releases of
- both products will include a CLEAN.DAT file which will provide
- this functionality.
-
- * The list of standard extensions used by GENESIS has been
- changed from the list used by the old VIRUSCAN. The new
- list of standard extensions includes the following extensions:
- .EXE, .COM, .SYS, .DLL, .OV?, and .BIN
-
- * In order to minimize memory usage, VSHIELD uses a different data
- file format than VIRUSCAN. Although a copy of the data file,
- VSHIELD.DAT, is included pre-built with your beta release,
- VSHIELD is designed with the ability to build it's own data file
- so that when you receive an updated version of SCAN.DAT for
- VIRUSCAN, VSHIELD can generate an up-to-date data file. The
- first time you run VSHIELD after copying a new version of
- SCAN.DAT to the VSHIELD program directory, VSHIELD will rebuild
- VSHIELD.DAT. This process may take a few minutes on slower
- systems, so please be aware that the wait is normal.
-
- * SCAN sometimes reports "File <file> if executable may be corrupted"
- Files which cause this message to be generated are
- structured like executables, but at some point deviate from
- that structure indicating a corrupted executable. This
- message may also be generated, however, for some perfectly
- good data files which just happen to be structured like
- executable files. If you see this message for non-
- executables, you can safely ignore it. If you see this
- message for executables, please notify us and upload a copy
- of the executable file to the BBS so we can inspect it and
- make changes to account for it.
-
-
- VIRUSCAN 2.0.0 Beta A Known Bugs
- ==============================
- The following bugs are known to exist in the Beta A version of
- McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0 product. All problems are currently being
- addressed, and will be fixed before the final release of the
- product. When you encounter a problem, please check this list
- to determine if your problem is on this list. If the problem is
- not on this list, please fill out a Bug Report Form and send it
- to McAfee SQA so we can properly investigate the problem.
-
- Bug # Summary of Problem
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 43 SCAN doesn't detect viruses in PKLITE compressed files
- This functionality will be included in the final release
- 261 Using the /RPTERR option causes 2 error summaries to be displayed in
- the report
- If the /RPTERR option is used in conjunction with the
- /REPORT option and non-critical errors are found, the line
- displaying the count of "Non-critical Error(s)" will be
- printed twice in the report. This problem will be fixed in
- the final release.
- 275 SCAN /VIRLIST gives an error message: "No target for scanning was
- specified!"
- SCAN treats /VIRLIST like any other option, and will
- continue with a normal scan after the virus list is
- displayed. Whether you specify /VIRLIST or not, if you do
- not specify anything to scan, SCAN will display this message
- and exit.
- 276 SCAN displays "Program Error" if the virus data file (SCAN.DAT) is
- out of date
- If your SCAN.DAT file is more than 7 months old, SCAN
- displays the message "Program Error" 5 times, and then continues
- to scan normally. Since the data file sent with the Beta release
- is up to date, you will only see this problem if your system date is
- more than 7 months ahead. This problem will be fixed in the
- final release.
- 279 SCAN does not always set the exit code on error
- SCAN 2.0.0 is designed to return specific error codes to
- distinguish among more than 15 different error conditions.
- The Beta A version does not always set the exit code to non-zero
- when some of these error conditions occur, including when
- infections are found and when invalid targets are specified.
- This problem will be fixed in the final release.
- 292 SCAN /ADN displays summary info for non-existant drives on systems
- with no network drives
- If SCAN is run with the /ADN switch on a system with no network
- drives mapped, SCAN will display summary reports showing 0 files,
- 1 partition table, and 1 boot sector scanned for drives H:, J:, L:,
- N:, ... all the way to Z: If you experience this problem on a
- machine with network drives, please contact us. This problem will
- be fixed in the final release.
- 293 SCAN detects viruses in memory after infected files are opened
- When an infected file is opened, either by a DOS command such as
- copy or by a previous execution of SCAN, DOS loads the contents of
- the infected file into it's own buffers. If SCAN is run
- immediately afterwards, SCAN will find the virus code in the DOS
- buffers, and report that the virus is in memory. We are currently
- investigating this issue.
-
-
- OS/2 SCAN 2.0 Beta A Known Bugs
- ===============================
- Bug # Summary of Problem
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 43 OS/2 SCAN doesn't detect viruses in PKLITE compressed files
- This functionality will be included in the final release
-
-
- VSHIELD 2.0 Beta A Known Bugs
- ===============================
- Bug # Summary of Problem
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 294 VSHIELD /FILEACCESS doesn't prevent all access to infected files
- When VSHIELD is run with the /FILEACCESS switch, it does not
- prevent all types of access to infected files. Copy operations
- are prevented, but infected files can still be read into some file
- editors. This problem will be fixed in the final release.
- 295 VSHIELD /IGNORE /FILEACCESS prevents access to files on the ignored drive
- When VSHIELD is run with both the /IGNORE and /FILEACCESS options,
- it prevents access to files on the drive which is supposed to be
- ignored, including files which are not infected. VSHIELD does not
- display any messages indicating that access was blocked. VSHIELD
- behaves similarly when run with both the /ONLY and /FILEACCESS
- options, preventing access to files on all drives other than the one(s)
- specified. This problem will be fixed in the final release.
-
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- McAfee VIRUSCAN 2.0 Beta Bug Report Form
- ===============================================================================
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- Your Name: __________________________ Date: __________
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- BBS Account: __________________________
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- Internet Address: __________________________
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- Phone Number: _____________________
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- FAX Number: _____________________
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- Is this problem listed on the known bug list?: Yes No
-
- Bug #: ___________
-
- Product(s): SCAN OS/2 SCAN VSHIELD VSHLDCRC CHKSHLD
-
- Operating System and Version: ________________________________________________
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- Network Software and Version: ________________________________________________
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- System Hardware Description: ________________________________________________
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- Memory Manager(s): HIMEM.SYS EMM386
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- 386MAX (version _____) QEMM (version _____)
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- Other: _________________________________________
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- Is the problem reproduceable? No Always Sometimes
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