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- Central Point Software, Inc..
- README file for the Central Point Anti-Virus Special Edition
- February 21, 1992.
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-
- This file contains information about the Michelangelo-specific Special
- Edition of Central Point Anti-Virus.
-
- To print this file from the DOS prompt, type:
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- COPY README.TXT PRN:
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- THE MICHELANGELO VIRUS
-
- Fast becoming one of the most publicized viruses, the Michelangelo virus
- has been the been the subject of much media attention in the last few
- months. First discovered in Scandinavia last year, the Michelangelo virus
- is now widely spread throughout the world. According to one source, as
- many as five million PCs may be infected with the virus, 500,000 of which
- are in the United States. On March 6, the birthday of the Italian
- Renaissance painter and sculptor, the Michelangelo virus will format the
- hard disks of infected systems by overwriting them with random characters
- from system memory.
-
- How does the virus work? The Michelangelo virus works by quietly hiding
- in a computer's boot sector and memory and infecting all disks the computer
- uses. The virus goes into memory the first time the user attempts to start
- the computer with an infected disk. Once in memory, Michelangelo infects
- diskette boot sectors as diskettes are accessed and the hard disk
- partition table as files are accessed on the system's hard disk. On
- Michelangelo's birthday, March 6, the data on the hard disks of all
- infected systems will be irretrievably damaged.
-
- The Michelangelo-specific Special Edition of Central Point Anti-Virus
- detects and removes the Michelangelo virus and will restore the hard
- disk partition table to its original state. If, however, the virus is
- not removed and activates on March 6, the data will be unrecoverable.
-
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- USING THE SPECIAL EDITION OF CENTRAL POINT ANTI-VIRUS
-
- To detect and remove the Michelangelo virus follow these steps:
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- 1. From the directory the files are located in type:
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- CPAV <enter>
-
- A dialog box displays with information about this Special Edition of
- Central Point Anti-Virus.
-
- 3. Choose OK
-
- NOTE: If the window is not displayed correctly on your computer, type
- CPAV /video to get help on the video command-line.
-
- 4. Choose Detect & Clean.
-
- A progress bar displays showing the percentage of directories and files
- in directories that have been scanned. The path line lists each
- directory and file as it is scanned. Viruses are listed in the
- information area as they are found and cleaned. The program, however,
- does not stop when it finds viruses.
-
- You can interrupt the scan at any time by pressing Esc.
-
- If the Michelangelo or Friday the 13th virus is detected, Central Point
- Anti-Virus automatically cleans (removes) it and updates the Last Action
- Taken information.
-
- After the entire drive is scanned, the Viruses Detected and Cleaned
- window displays showing how many and what type of disks and files were
- checked for the presence of viruses, how many infections were found, the
- number of files or disks that were cured of infection, and the time it
- took to scan the drive.
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- When you finish looking at the report, choose Continue to return to the
- main window.
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- 5. Scan each drive on your computer by choosing Select new drive,
- selecting a drive, and choosing Detect and Clean.
-
- 6. Create a directory on your hard disk and copy all the files from the
- Central Point Anti-Virus Special Edition disk to that directory.
-
- You can now explore the variety of other features available in Central
- Point Anti-Virus. For information about features of the program, press
- F1 at any time.
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- CENTRAL POINT ANTI-VIRUS
-
- Central Point Anti-Virus provides the most comprehensive, easy-to-use
- virus protection for both corporate and single-user environments. Its
- transparent and automatic operation assures total virus protection for
- any level of user. Easily customizable into multiple configurations,
- Central Point Anti-Virus is simple to introduce into organizations with
- diverse computing environments.
-
- Central Point Anti-Virus includes the following features:
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- Advanced Virus Protection
-
- *Recognizes and removes more than 1,000 viruses
- *Detects and cleans unknown viruses
- *Permanently immunizes files, making them self-protecting against
- viruses
- *Offers advanced protection against stealth viruses, including
- unknown stealth viruses.
- *Searches for and discovers known viruses in memory and on disk.
- *Detects viruses attempting to enter your system before they
- infect files.
- *Provides virus protection for boot sectors and partition tables
- *Cleans viruses from infected files
- *Contains information on more than 1,000 viruses
-
- Automatic and Transparent Operation
-
- *Configurable memory-resident program provides automatic detection
- *Periodic scan reminders prompt users to scan
- *Prevents network login of users who are not protected
- *Automatic and customizable network messaging to alert system
- administrator of virus infections on PCs attached to the network.
-
- Highly Configurable
-
- *Offers complete virus protection in both DOS and Windows
- *Custom Install program lets you create installation sets with
- different configurations
- *Scans both local and network drives
- *Comprehensive reporting options enable you to monitor virus
- activities and scanning activities
- *Upgrade option allows installation of new versions with program
- reconfiguration
- *Express menu makes detection and elimination easy for any user
- level.
- *Customizable error messages
- *Password protection on user options and network access
- *Broad compatibility for working with Novell and other network
-
- System Requirements
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- IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or 100% compatibles with DOS 3.1 or higher and 512K
- RAM; Supports Microsoft Mouse Driver 6.14 or higher, Logitech/Dexxa
- mouse drivers version 3.4x or higher, or 100% compatibles.
-
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- ORDERING INFORMATION
-
- To obtain additional copies of the Special Edition of Central Point
- Anti-Virus, download them from CompuServe or the Central Point Software
- BBS:
-
- CompuServe: Enter "Go Central"
-
- Central Point Software BBS (2400 bps) (503) 690-6650
-
-
- You can also call 1-800-288-4750 and order a Michelangelo Protection Kit
- directly from Central Point for $29 (overnight delivery included). The
- Michelangelo Protection Kit contains the Michelangelo-specific Special
- Edition, an executive briefing on computer viruses and what users can do
- to protect themselves, and a coupon for a $10 rebate on a future purchase
- of Central Point Anti-Virus, a full anti-virus software program which
- detects and cleans more than 1,000 viruses, including the Michelangelo
- virus.
-
- To purchase the complete version of Central Point Anti-Virus, winner of
- PC Magazine's Editor's Choice award, see your favorite software dealer.
-
- For information about purchasing in volume, or site licensing Central
- Point Anti-Virus, please call Central Point Software directly at (503)
- 690-8088 and ask for the Corporate and Government Sales Department.
-