[If you have not used this program before, read the 'How to use this program' section below first]
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Changes in version 1.2:
• Thanks to Jon Mircea, checks more file types which could be infected (instead of just applications): FBAs, control panel apps and standard control panels. These files are still referred to throughout as applications however.
• Better handling of locked files - they are no longer simply skipped
• Calls GNE every once in a while, so we're a better citizen
• A few cosmetic bugs fixed.
• Can click on URL in main alert box to go to it
4/10/98
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Changes in version 1.1:
• There is now the option to make a record of the applications repaired - if you don't want the log then click Cancel when the 'Save as' box comes up.
• You can now just examine and not automatically repair apps and volumes to determine whether or not they are infected. Hold down the command key when clicking on one of the buttons to use this feature. (The log is not optional when examining - there would be no point in doing it otherwise)
• Interrupted scans report Nº of apps examined more accurately.
• Very very small possibility of a memory problem removed (by request :)
1/10/98
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How to use this program:
• Start your Mac with extensions off (holding down the shift key).
• Delete the 'Graphics Accelerator' file from your extensions folder (don't replace it by a folder of the same name).
• Click on some menus (in the Finder), to see if it comes back. If it does come back, then you will need to boot from your system CDs to run it, and then reinstall the system afterwards - before you reboot. (AntiGax only handles applications 'coz I haven't been able to infect my system or Finder)
• Make backups of any applications you don't trust AntiGax with (but as they could be infected don't run them!)
• Run AntiGax and tell it to repair all volumes.
• When it is done, quit. (if you have a CD or locked volume, it should skip over it but I haven't tested it)
• Delete the 'Graphics Accelerator' file from your extensions folder if it exists. It should only be there if you ran an infected app since you deleted the last one.
• Reboot
• Run a couple of apps. (Preferably those which used to be infected)
• If the 'Graphics Accelerator' file is still there, then you are still infected. Otherwise, you are probably clean.
You can also use it to check if apps you download are ok (and repair them in the process), by using the 'Repair One App…' button.
Note that I make no guarantees about whether or not this program will sucessfully repair infected files, but it's not a complete hack. You may want to give it more than one pass (to make sure it finds no infected apps the second time).
