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Short: VirusZ III 0.9a - Antivirus Software
Author: Georg Hörmann
Uploader: ghoermann@gmx.de (Georg Hörmann)
Type: util/virus
Requires: AmigaOS 2.04 or better
util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha
util/virus/xvslibrary.lha
util/pack/xfdmaster.lha
util/arc/xadmaster.lha (recommended)
util/libs/DisLib.lha (optional)
============================================================================
VirusZ III
Copyright © 1991-1999/2002 by Georg Hörmann
Copyright © 1999-2001 by Dirk Stöcker
============================================================================
VirusZ is still the classic antivirus software for Amiga computers, even
though development was down for over 2 years. Now I'm trying to finally add
the missing features step by step (see history below).
This archive no longer contains any of the required libraries, so please get
them from Aminet (locations are mentioned in the header of this textfile).
To ensure that you have downloaded an original version of VirusZ and not a
fake, you can use my PGP key (attached to the VirusZ.doc file) together with
the signatures included in the archive for verification. You can also
download a 100% safe copy of my PGP key from the following homepages:
Virus Help Team Denmark homepage: www.vht-dk.dk
Dirk Stöcker's homepage: www.dstoecker.de
Additionally, you should compare the file size of your VirusZ copy with the
one displayed in the programs 'Technical Info' information. They MUST match
if you didn't have crunched VirusZ yourself.
For comments or bug reports or if you have found some new virus, contact the
author at the following addresses:
snail-mail: Georg Hörmann
Martinswinkelstraße 16c
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
e-mail: ghoermann@gmx.de
ghoermann@epost.de
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TODO Until final release version 1.00:
- Implement file and sector scanning inside all types of disk- and
filearchives that xadmaster.library supports.
- Add device-based sector scanning.
- Add useful commands to ARexx port.
0.9a Changes/Additions since 0.99:
- Totally redesigned the file check. Now all selected files/dirs are
always scanned without user interaction (exception: encoded files)
and just the important results get listed. These can be reviewed
at any time to finally decide what to do with malicious files.
The new concept has the following advantages:
(a) it's much faster (my SYS: partition gets scanned in 2:16 min,
the old scanner needed 9:20 min; that's over 4 times faster!);
(b) the Job Monitor (that's the name of the new check-window) is
fully prepared for archive and sector checking, all this will
happen in just one window (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET);
(c) less information that's not interesting for the average user,
just important things get reported now (if you want to analyse
the files on your harddisk, just use a tool like CheckX!);
(d) even disinfects damaged or encoded files as far as possible;
(e) looks much better :-)
- Added a whole bunch of perfectly commented snapshots sent by
Todd A. Oberly. Thanks a lot!
- Added more snapshots sent by Michel Bagmeijer and Ian Chapman.
Again thanks!