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- KILLMONK.DOC Instruction file for the KillMonk.exe program
- (Version 1.1, July, 1992)
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- KILLMONK is a program for finding and removing the Monkey viruses from
- hard disks and floppies.
-
- Validation
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- File Name: killmonk.exe
- Size: 14,681
- Date: 7-7-1992
- File Authentication:
- Check Method 1 - ACE6
- Check Method 2 - 1786
-
- To Use Killmonk
- ---------------
- 1. For any virus testing, it is best if you can start the computer from a
- clean floppy disk. Killmonk should work ok without this precaution,
- if the monkey virus is present, but if any other virus is present,
- the consequences are unpredictable.
-
- 2. Check your system using an up-to-date general scanner, such as
- FPROT 2.04.
-
- 3. If the computer passes the general scanner, then run the program
- KillMonk.exe. It will prompt you as required. Carefully read
- anything it reports to the screen.
-
- 4. If the monkey virus is found on your hard disk, you will be asked if
- you want to clean the disk. If yes, killmonk will try to remove the
- virus from the hard disk. If it is successful, the computer will be
- restarted, to ensure that the virus is not still running in memory.
-
- 5. If KillMonk does not find the virus in memory or on your hard disk,
- you will be given the option of scanning diskettes for the monkey virus.
- You can choose to scan drive A:, scan drive B:, or quit. If you scan a
- diskette, the options are repeated until you choose quit.
-
- 6. If the monkey virus is found on a diskette, you are asked if you want
- to remove the virus. If you select yes, the program will try to remove
- the virus. This should work with the four common formats of diskettes:
- 360k, 720k, 1.2Mb and 1.44Mb.
-
- As a side effect, KillMonk may recognize that your system is infected
- with other boot sector viruses, such as stoned, Michelangelo, or most of
- the Empire viruses. It will tell you of these infections, but it cannot
- remove these. Instead use FPROT and/or the FixUtils to deal with these
- virus infections.
-
- Disclaimer
- ----------
- All rights to killmonk.exe are the property of Tim Martin. The program
- may only be distributed freely. I bear no responsibility for any problems
- that may result from the use of killmonk.exe.
-
- Tim Martin
- martin@cs.ualberta.ca
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