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- Release Notes for McAfee 4274 DAT Files
- Copyright (c) 1992-2003 Networks Associates
- Technology, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- ===============================================
-
- Product Release: June 30, 2003
-
- - DAT Version: 4274
- - Engine Version: 4.2.60
-
- ===============================================
-
-
- Thank you for using our products. This file
- contains important information about the
- current data (.DAT) files. We strongly
- recommend that you read the entire document.
-
- We welcome your comments and suggestions.
-
- *******************IMPORTANT*******************
-
- 4274 Emergency Dat release due to:
-
- W32/COLEVO@MM - a Medium Risk Threat
-
- In addition for this emergency release AVERT has
- added detection for
-
- W32/KLEXE@MM and
- W32/MUMU.B.WORM.
-
- These are emerging threats that while rated a
- low risk have been reported to AVERT over this
- past weekend and may potentially become a
- greater risk before the regularly scheduled
- DAT release.
-
- ***********************************************
-
- _______________________________________________
- WHATÆS IN THIS FILE?
-
- - What are .DAT files?
- - What is the 4274XDAT.EXE File?
- - Which file to use
- - When to use the 4274XDAT.EXE Utility
- - When to use DAT-4274.ZIP or
- DAT-4274.TAR
- - Installation
- - Preparing to install .DAT files
- - Using 4274XDAT.EXE to update .DAT
- Files
- - Using DAT-4274.ZIP or
- DAT-4274.TAR to update VirusScan
- Command Line and VirusScan for UNIX
- Software
- - Using DAT-4274.ZIP to update other
- products
- - VirusScan 4.5 Anti-virus Software for
- Windowsá95, Windows 98, Windows NT
- Workstation 4.0, and Windows 2000
- Professional
- - VirusScan 4.0.3 Anti-virus Software for
- Windows 95 and Windows 98
- - VirusScan 4.0.3 Anti-Virus Software for
- Windows NT and Netshield 4.0.3 Anti-virus
- Software for Windows NT
- - Netshield Anti-Virus Software for Novell
- Netware
- - Groupshield Notes Anti-Virus Software
- - Primary program files for Virus
- Definitions
- - Testing your installation
- - New Viruses Detected and Removed
- - New Detections
- - New Removals
- - INTERNET.DAT Detections
- - New Extensions
- - Understanding Virus Names
- - Prefix
- - Infix
- - Suffix
- - Generic Detections
- - Documentation
- - Contacting Network Associates
- - Copyright and Trademark Attributions
- - Trademarks
- - License Agreement
-
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- IMPORTANT NOTES
-
- - We no longer provide the weekly 40XXUPDT.EXE
- utility for .DAT-only updates. Instead, we
- now provide 4274XDAT.EXE, an update
- utility for the same purpose.
- 4274XDAT.EXE uses the same technology
- that the weekly SuperDAT utility uses. This
- change does NOT affect the release and
- distribution of regular SuperDAT packages in
- any way.
-
- You may use 4274XDAT.EXE to update all
- supported version 4.0.3 and later anti-virus
- product releases, including version 4.5.x
- releases. As with the current SuperDAT
- package, 4274XDAT.EXE does NOT support
- GroupShield Notes version 4.x or NetShield
- for Novell NetWare versions, nor any version
- of Dr Solomon Anti-Virus Toolkit software.
- The package DOES support GroupShield Domino
- v5.0 software, however.
-
- - The 4274 .DAT files are compatible with
- McAfee anti-virus products that use any
- 4.0.70 (or higher) scan engine version. This
- does NOT include VirusScan 4.0.0 anti-virus
- software, which uses a v3.2.2 scanning
- engine. These .DAT files will NOT work with
- version 3.x or version 2.x scan engines. We
- recommend that you upgrade to the latest
- version of the version 4.x.xx engine for
- optimal virus detection and repair.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- WHAT ARE .DAT FILES?
-
- Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain
- up-to-date virus signatures and other
- information that McAfee anti-virus products use
- to protect your computer against the thousands
- of computer viruses in circulation. McAfee
- releases new .DAT files regularly to provide
- protection against the hundreds of new viruses
- that appear each month. To ensure that your
- anti-virus software can protect your system or
- network against the latest virus threats,
- download and install the latest .DAT files.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- WHAT IS THE 4274XDAT.EXE FILE?
-
- This package installs updated .DAT files for
- your McAfee anti-virus products. It uses
- SuperDAT technology to shut down any active
- scan operations, services, or other
- memory-resident software components that might
- interfere with your updates. It then copies the
- new files to their proper locations and enables
- your software to use them immediately. It
- differs from a regular SuperDAT package in that
- it updates ONLY your .DAT files, which means
- you can download this package if you already
- have a current scan engine and want to save
- time and bandwidth.
-
- NOTE:
- The 4274XDAT.EXE utility platform and
- product support is the same as that for the
- SuperDAT utility. To learn more, see the
- SuperDAT package README.TXT file.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- WHICH FILE TO USE
-
-
- WHEN TO USE THE 4274XDAT.EXE UTILITY
-
- We provide the 4274XDAT.EXE utility to make
- .DAT file updating quick and simple. The
- utility uses SuperDAT technology, but does not
- update the scan engine for your anti-virus
- software. Use the utility when your scan engine
- is current and you want to download a smaller
- SuperDAT upgrade and update package.
-
- The 4274XDAT.EXE utility is compatible with
- most McAfee version 4.x anti-virus products,
- including most version 4.5 product versions.
- The utility does NOT support the following:
-
- - McAfee product versions that incorporate an
- engine version earlier than 4.x. This
- includes all v3.x products, all v2.x
- products, and the retail version of
- VirusScan 4.0.0 anti-virus software for
- Windows 95 and Windows 98.
-
- - McAfee VirusScan 4.0.2 and Netshield NT
- 4.0.2.
-
- - Any Dr Solomon Anti-Virus Toolkit product.
-
- - NetShield anti-virus software for NetWare
-
- - GroupShield anti-virus software for Lotus
- Notes.
-
- - VirusScan for UNIX Software
-
-
- WHEN TO USE DAT-4274.ZIP OR
- DAT-4274.TAR
-
- The DAT-4274.ZIP and dat-4274.tar
- packages allow you to update the .DAT files for
- any supported McAfee version 4.x anti-virus
- product.
-
- The difference between these files and the
- other, executable, files is that you must stop
- any scan operations or scan services and unload
- any Terminate-and-Stay-Resident (TSR) programs
- from your computer's memory yourself. You must
- then copy the new files to your anti-virus
- software's program directory, then restart the
- services or background scanning software your
- application uses.
-
- Alternatively, if your anti-virus software has
- an AutoUpdate feature, you can configure it to
- download and install one of these packages.
- Version 4.5-series anti-virus packages can also
- use incremental .DAT file updating. To learn
- more about incremental .DAT files, consult your
- product documentation.
-
- These McAfee products require you to use the
- DAT-4274.ZIP or the DAT-4274.TAR files
- to update your .DAT files:
-
- - VirusScan for UNIX
-
- - GroupShield for Lotus Notes
-
- - WebShieldX Proxy
-
- To learn how to use these utilities, see the
- "Installation" section later in this file.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- INSTALLATION
-
-
- PREPARING TO INSTALL .DAT FILES
-
- McAfee stores .DAT file updates on its web site
- in a compressed format to reduce transmission
- time, and makes the updates available in three
- formats: as an executable file that includes a
- setup feature; as a .ZIP or tar archive that
- you can extract and install
- yourself to update some, though not all, McAfee
- anti-virus software; and as part of a SuperDAT
- executable package that often includes scan
- engine and other program component upgrades.
- Your options are:
-
- - 4274XDAT.EXE. Download this package to
- update the .DAT files in most McAfee
- anti-virus software. Visit the Network
- Associates web site at:
-
- http://www.nai.com/asp_set/download/dats/mcafee_4x.asp
-
- - DAT-4274.ZIP and dat-4274.tar.
- Download either of these packages
- specifically to update the VirusScan for
- UNIX application, the GroupShield Notes
- applications, or the NetShield NetWare
- application. You can also use this file to
- update the .DAT files for any other McAfee
- anti-virus software, if you wish. Visit the
- Network Associates web site at:
-
- http://www.nai.com/asp_set/download/dats/mcafee_4x.asp
-
- - SDAT4274.EXE. Download the SuperDAT
- executable package to update a range of
- McAfee anti-virus software. See the
- README.TXT file for the SuperDAT utility for
- a complete list of supported products. The
- SuperDAT package also includes scan engine
- upgrades and upgrades to other program
- components. Visit the Network Associates web
- site at:
-
- http://www.nai.com/asp_set/download/dats/superdat.asp
-
- NOTE:
- This file does NOT discuss how to use the
- SuperDAT package to update and upgrade your
- anti-virus software. To learn about the
- SuperDAT executable package, see the
- README.TXT file posted with the SuperDAT
- package.
-
-
- USING 4274XDAT.EXE TO UPDATE .DAT FILES
-
- To install new .DAT file updates quickly and
- easily, first create a temporary directory on
- your hard disk, then copy the 4274XDAT.EXE
- utility to that directory. Next, locate the
- file you downloaded, then double-click it to
- start the update. Follow the wizard panel
- instructions that appear to update your .DAT
- files.
-
- The utility will unload McAfee memory-resident
- software or stop Windows NT services that use
- your current .DAT files before it copies
- updated .DAT files to the appropriate program
- directories. It will then restart the software
- components needed to continue scan operations
- with your updated .DAT files.
-
- WARNING:
- Do NOT attempt to install 4274XDAT.EXE
- on Digital Alpha computers. We no longer
- support the Alpha platform.
-
- When 4274XDAT.EXE has finished updating
- your .DAT files, you may delete the archive
- file you downloaded from your hard disk, unless
- you want to keep a copy available for further
- updates.
-
-
- USING DAT-4274.ZIP OR DAT-4274.TAR TO
- UPDATE VIRUSSCAN COMMAND LINE AND VIRUSSCAN FOR
- UNIX SOFTWARE
-
- Some McAfee anti-virus products, such as
- NetShield for Novell NetWare, cannot use the
- executable version of the .DAT file update.
- Instead, you must copy .DAT file updates
- directly to the product directory.
-
- To do so, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Create a temporary directory on your hard
- disk, then copy the .DAT file .ZIP or tar
- archive that you downloaded to that
- directory.
-
- 2. Unload the VShield TSR software from memory,
- if your anti-virus software has a VShield
- version and you have it running. To do so,
- type VSHIELD /REMOVE at the command-line
- prompt. This step is not necessary if you
- have not started the VShield scanner or if
- your anti-virus software does not include a
- background or on-access scanner.
-
- 3. Back up or rename the existing .DAT files
- stored in the program directory for your
- anti-virus software. See "Primary Program
- Files for Virus Definitions" later in this
- file for a complete .DAT file list.
-
- 4. Use WinZip, PKUnzip, or a similar utility
- to open the .ZIP archive and extract the
- updated .DAT files. You can save the
- extracted files directly to the program
- directory for your anti-virus software.
- Allow the updated files to overwrite the
- existing .DAT files.
- To extract .DAT files stored in a tar
- archive, use a compression utility that can
- read and extract tar files, or follow these
- steps from a UNIX command prompt:
-
- 1. Change to the directory into which you
- want to extract the new .DAT files. This
- could mean the program directory for your
- anti-virus software, or a temporary
- directory from which you intend to copy
- the new files.
-
- 2. Type this command at the command prompt:
-
- tar xf <directory path>/dat-4274.tar
-
- Here, <directory path> is the path to the
- tar file you downloaded. The tar utility
- will extract the .DAT files into your
- current working directory.
-
- NOTE:
- The syntax for the tar command might vary in
- different UNIX versions. Consult your manual
- pages or other product documentation for
- more details.
-
- 5. Copy the new .DAT files to the program
- directory for the software you want to
- update. Allow the new files to replace the
- existing files.
-
- 6. Restart the VShield TSR, if your anti-virus
- software includes a VShield component, to
- enable background or on-access scanning. To
- do so, type VSHIELD, followed by the
- scanning options you want to use, at the
- command-line prompt.
-
- NOTE:
- When you have finished using
- DAT-4274.ZIP to update your .DAT files,
- you may delete it from your hard disk,
- unless you want to keep a copy available for
- further updates.
-
-
- USING DAT-4274.ZIP TO UPDATE OTHER
- PRODUCTS
-
- We recommend that you use either the SuperDAT
- utility, or the 4274XDAT.EXE utility to
- install new .DAT file versions for supported
- anti-virus products. These utilities offer an
- easy and foolproof method for correctly
- updating .DAT files.
-
- If you want to install .DAT file updates
- directly from the .ZIP archive, however, locate
- the heading for the anti-virus product you use
- in the list below, then follow the
- corresponding steps.
-
- - VirusScan 4.5 Anti-virus Software for
- Windowsá95, Windows 98, Windows NT
- Workstation 4.0, and Windows 2000
- Professional
-
- - VirusScan 4.0.3 Anti-virus Software for
- Windows 95 and Windows 98
-
- - VirusScan 4.0.3 Anti-virus Software for
- Windows NT and Netshield 4.0.3 Anti-virus
- Software for Windows NT
-
- - Netshield Anti-virus Software for Novell
- Netware
-
- - Groupshield Notes Anti-virus Software
-
-
- VIRUSSCAN 4.5 ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
- 95, WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION 4.0, AND
- WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL
-
- To use the DAT-4274-.ZIP package to update
- VirusScan version 4.5 anti-virus software,
- follow these steps:
-
- 1. Click Start in the Windows task bar, point
- to Settings, then choose Control Panel.
-
- 2. Locate the VirusScan control panel, then
- double-click it to open it.
-
- 3. Click the Stop button on the Service page.
- Leave the VirusScan control panel open. You
- will need to return to it in Step 7.
-
- 4. Create a temporary directory on your hard
- disk, then copy the .DAT file .ZIP archive
- you downloaded to that directory.
-
- 5. Back up or rename the existing .DAT files
- stored in the Network Associates Common
- Files directory. If you installed VirusScan
- software to its default location, you'll
- find this directory here:
-
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\VirusScan Engine\4.0.xx
-
- See "Primary Program Files for Virus
- Definitions" later in this file for a
- complete .DAT file list.
-
- 6. Use WinZip, PKUnzip, or a similar utility to
- open the .ZIP archive and extract the
- updated .DAT files.
-
- Save the extracted files directly to the
- Network Associates Common Files directory.
- Allow the new files to overwrite the
- existing .DAT files.
-
- 7. Return to the VirusScan control panel, then
- click Start in the Service page.
-
- The VShield scanner and the VirusScan
- Console will start again. Your VirusScan
- software is up to date.
-
-
- VIRUSSCAN 4.0.3 ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
- 95 AND WINDOWS 98
-
- To use the DAT-4274.ZIP package to update
- VirusScan version 4.0.3 anti-virus software
- on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 system, follow
- these steps:
-
- 1. Right-click the VShield icon that appears in
- your Windows system tray at the bottom,
- right-hand corner of your screen to display
- the VShield shortcut menu.
-
- 2. Point to Enable, then choose System Scan to
- remove the checkmark beside the name. This
- disables the VShield System Scan module.
-
- 3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to disable all of the
- remaining VShield modules: E-Mail Scan,
- Download Scan, and Internet Filter.
-
- 4. Restart your computer to remove all VShield
- modules from memory.
-
- 5. Create a temporary directory on your hard
- disk, then copy the .DAT file .ZIP archive
- you downloaded to that directory.
-
- 6. Back up or rename the existing .DAT files
- stored in the VirusScan program directory.
- See "Primary Program Files for Virus
- Definitions" later in this file for a
- complete .DAT file list.
-
- 7. Use WinZip, PKUnzip, or a similar utility to
- open the .ZIP archive and extract the
- updated .DAT files.
- You can save the extracted files directly to
- the VirusScan program directory. Allow the
- updated files to overwrite the existing .DAT
- files.
-
- 8. Restart your computer.
-
- 9. Right-click the VShield icon that appears in
- your Windows system tray at the bottom,
- right-hand corner of your screen to display
- the VShield shortcut menu.
-
- 10. Point to Enable, then choose one of the
- listed VShield modules to add a checkmark
- beside the name. This enables that VShield
- module again.
-
- Begin with the System Scan module, then
- repeat Steps 9 and 10 to enable these
- remaining VShield modules: E-Mail Scan,
- Download Scan, and Internet Filter.
-
-
- VIRUSSCAN 4.0.3 ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
- NT AND NETSHIELD 4.0.3 ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR
- WINDOWS NT.
-
- If you have Administrator rights for the server
- or workstation you want to update, the
- VirusScan software for Windows NT and the
- NetShield software for Windows NT allow you to
- initiate update requests at any time. Simply
- use the AntiVirus Console to connect to the
- workstation or server you want to update,
- double-click the AutoUpdate task to open it,
- then click Update Now. The program will
- retrieve updated files from the location
- specified in the task settings, and will
- install the new files correctly.
-
- To install .DAT file updates directly from a
- .ZIP archive WITHOUT using the AutoUpdate
- utility, follow these steps:
-
- NOTE:
- We do not recommend that you use this method
- to update your .DAT files.
-
- 1. Create a temporary directory on your hard
- disk, then copy the .DAT file .ZIP archive
- you downloaded to that directory.
-
- 2. Back up or rename the existing .DAT files
- stored in the program directory. See
- "Primary Program Files for Virus
- Definitions" later in this file for a
- complete .DAT file list.
-
- 3. Use WinZip, PKUnzip, or a similar utility to
- open the .ZIP archive and extract the
- updated .DAT files.
-
- 4. Log on to the server or workstation you want
- to update. You must have Administrator
- rights for the target computer.
-
- 5. Click Start, point to Settings, then choose
- Control Panel to open the Control Panel
- window. Next, locate and double-click the
- Services control panel to open it.
-
- If the computer is running Windows NT 3.51,
- start Program Manager, then locate the
- Control Panels program group. Double-click
- the program group to open it, then locate
- and double-click the Services control
- panel.
-
- 6. Select the Network Associates McShield
- Service, then click Stop.
-
- 7. Copy the .DAT files you extracted from the
- .ZIP archive to the program directory.
-
- 8. Return to the Services control panel, select
- the McShield Service, then click Start.
-
- Next, close the Services control panel.
-
- NetShield software for Windows NT and VirusScan
- software for Windows NT will use the updated
- .DAT files in scan operations immediately.
-
-
- NETSHIELD ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR NOVELL
- NETWARE
-
- To install .DAT file updates directly from a
- .ZIP archive WITHOUT using the AutoUpdate
- utility, follow these steps:
-
- NOTE:
- We do not recommend using this method to
- update your .DAT files.
-
- 1. Create a temporary directory on your hard
- disk, then copy the .DAT file .ZIP archive
- you downloaded to that directory.
-
- 2. Use WinZip, PKUnzip, or a similar utility to
- open the .ZIP archive and extract the
- updated .DAT files.
-
- 3. Log on to the server you want to update. You
- must have administrative rights for the
- target server.
-
- 4. Type this line at the NetWare Console
- prompt:
-
- unload netshld
-
- 5. Back up or rename the existing .DAT files
- stored in your NetShield program directory.
- If you installed NetShield to the default
- program directory, you'll find the .DAT
- files here:
-
- SYS:MCAFEE\NETSHLD
-
- See "Primary Program Files for Virus
- Definitions" later in this file for a
- complete .DAT file list.
-
- 6. Copy the files you extracted from the
- temporary directory you created in Step 1 to
- the NetShield program directory on your
- server.
-
- 7. Type this line at the NetWare Console prompt
- to restart the NetShield NetWare server
- software:
-
- netshld
-
- The NetShield software will begin to use the
- new .DAT files immediately.
-
-
- GROUPSHIELD NOTES ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
-
- The GroupShield Notes software allows you to
- download and install .DAT file updates with an
- included automatic update component. We
- recommend this method, but you can also update
- your .DAT files directly. Follow these steps:
-
- 1. Create a temporary directory on your hard
- disk, then copy the .DAT file .ZIP archive
- you downloaded to that directory.
-
- 2. Back up or rename the existing .DAT files
- stored in the GSUPDATE.NSF database. See
- "Primary Program Files for Virus
- Definitions" later in this file for a
- complete .DAT file list.
-
- 3. Use WinZip, PKUnzip, or a similar utility to
- open the .zip archive and extract the
- updated .DAT files.
-
- 4. Start Lotus Notes, then right-click
- Workspace. Next, choose Open Database from
- the menu that appears.
-
- 5. Locate the database GSUPDATE.NSF, then add
- to that database those files that you
- extracted into the temporary directory you
- created in Step 1.
-
- GroupShield Notes will use the new .DAT
- files as soon as they replicate across the
- network. If you have partitioned Notes
- servers, you must shut down and restart each
- of the partitioned servers for the update to
- take effect.
-
-
- PRIMARY PROGRAM FILES FOR VIRUS DEFINITIONS
-
- Files contained in the .DAT file set are:
-
- SCAN.DAT = Data file for virus scanning
-
- NAMES.DAT = Data file for virus names
-
- CLEAN.DAT = Data file for virus cleaning
-
- INTERNET.DAT = Data file to detect hostile
- Java/ActiveX objects.
-
-
- TESTING YOUR INSTALLATION
-
- The EICAR Standard AntiVirus Test File is a
- combined effort by anti-virus vendors
- throughout the world to implement one standard
- by which customers can verify their anti-virus
- installations.
-
- To test your installation, copy the following
- line into its own file, then save the file with
- the name EICAR.COM.
-
- X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
-
- The file size will be 68 or 70 bytes.
-
- Next, start your anti-virus software and allow
- it to scan the directory that contains
- EICAR.COM. When your software scans this file,
- it will report finding the EICAR test file.
-
- Note that this file is NOT A VIRUS. Delete the
- file when you have finished testing your
- installation to avoid alarming unsuspecting
- users.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- NEW VIRUSES DETECTED AND REMOVED
-
- Hundreds of new viruses and variants appear
- each month. Those which are detected and
- cleaned by AVERT's generic methods are added to
- the total virus count listed but they are not
- listed separately here.
-
- Total viruses and variants, Trojan horse
- programs, and other malicious software
- detected: 75261
-
-
- NEW DETECTIONS
-
- Total number of new items detected with this
- release: 3
-
- BOOT-SECTOR VIRUSES (0)
- -----------------------
- No new detections
-
- DOS FILE-INFECTING VIRUSES (0)
- ------------------------------
- No new detections
-
- INTERNET WORM (3)
- ------------------
- W32/COLEVO@MM
- W32/KLEXE@MM
- W32/MUMU.B.WORM
-
- LINUX/UNIX FILE-INFECTING VIRUSES (0)
- -------------------------------------
- No new detections
-
- MACRO VIRUSES (0)
- -----------------
- No new detections
-
- MULTIPARTITE VIRUSES (0)
- ------------------------
- No new detections
-
- WINDOWS PORTABLE EXECUTABLE FILE VIRUSES (0)
- --------------------------------------------
- No new detections
-
- SCRIPT VIRUSES (0)
- -------------------
- No new detections
-
- TROJAN HORSE PROGRAMS/MALWARE (0)
- -----------------------------------
- No new detections
-
- POTENTIALLY UNWANTED PROGRAMS (0)
- ---------------------------------
- No new detections
-
-
- NEW REMOVALS
-
- Total number of new items removed with this
- release: 3
-
- McAfee software removes a virus either by
- deleting the infecting virus code from files or
- by deleting the file from your computer.
-
- NOTE:
- The New Removals list notes when the .DAT
- files do not include the ability to remove
- certain types of viruses. In these cases,
- you must remove the virus yourself, either
- by deleting the infected file or by removing
- harmful code. For more information, see the
- McAfee Virus Information Library at:
-
- http://vil.nai.com/villib/alpha.asp
-
-
- BOOT-SECTOR VIRUSES (0)
- -----------------------
- No new removals
-
- DOS FILE-INFECTING VIRUSES (0)
- ------------------------------
- No new removals
-
- INTERNET WORM (3)
- ------------------
- W32/COLEVO@MM
- W32/KLEXE@MM
- W32/MUMU.B.WORM
-
- LINUX/UNIX FILE-INFECTING VIRUSES (0)
- -------------------------------------
- No new removals
-
- MACRO VIRUSES (0)
- -----------------
- No new detections
-
- MULTIPARTITE VIRUSES (0)
- ------------------------
- No new removals
-
- WINDOWS PORTABLE EXECUTABLE FILE VIRUSES (0)
- --------------------------------------------
- No new removals
-
- SCRIPT VIRUSES (0)
- -------------------
- No new removals
-
- TROJAN HORSE PROGRAMS/MALWARE (0)
- ----------------------------------
- No new removals
-
-
- INTERNET.DAT DETECTIONS
-
- The INTERNET.DAT component included with the
- .DAT files enables VirusScan anti-virus
- software v4.x for Windows 95 and Windows 98 to
- detect 130 hostile Java classes and six hostile
- ActiveX controls. This list has not changed
- from that shown in the README.TXT file that
- accompanied the 4050 .DAT file set.
-
-
- NEW EXTENSIONS
-
- The scan engine now scans files with these
- extensions:
-
- none
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- UNDERSTANDING VIRUS NAMES
-
- McAfee anti-virus software typically follows
- industry-wide naming conventions to identify
- the viruses that it detects and cleans.
- Occasionally,some virus names deviate from
- strict industry standards.
-
- The first virus with a given set of
- characteristics that mark it as a distinctly
- new entity receives a "family" name. Virus
- researchers draw the family name from some
- identifying quirk in the virus, such as a text
- string, or a payload effect.
-
- A family name can also include a numeric string
- that designates the byte size of the virus.
- Researchers use this name as a convenient
- shorthand to distinguish among very closely
- allied virus variants.
-
- Names for variants within a virus family
- consist of the family name and a suffix -
- <VIRUS>.A, for example. The suffix designations
- continue in alphabetical order until they reach
- .Z. At that point, they begin again with .AA
- and continue until they reach .AZ. Still later
- variants receive the suffix .BA through .BZ,
- and so forth, until the suffix designations
- reach .ZZ. If yet another variant appears after
- that, it would get the suffix .AAA.
-
- As new virus strains appeared, industry naming
- conventions evolved to include more
- information. Some names, for instance, include
- parts that identify the platform on which the
- virus can run. Macro viruses, the most
- prevalent of the virus types, can have a
- complex names that consists of a number of
- parts.
-
- Among anti-virus vendors, virus names can
- include a prefix, an infix and a suffix.
-
-
- PREFIX
-
- The prefix designates the type of file that the
- virus infects or the platform on which it can
- run. Viruses that infect DOS executables do not
- receive a prefix. McAfee virus names can
- include these prefixes:
-
- A97M/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- Access 97 files
- APM/ Macro virus or Trojan horse
- program. Infects Ami Pro document
- and template files
- BV/ Batch-file virus or Trojan horse
- program. These viruses usually run
- as batch or script files that
- affect a particular program that
- interprets the script or batch
- commands they include. They are
- very portable and can affect nearly
- any platform that can run batch or
- script files. The files themselves
- often have a .BAT extension.
- CSC/ Corel Script virus or Trojan horse
- program. Infects Corel Draw
- document files, template files, and
- scripts.
- HLL/ File-infector virus written in a
- high-level programming language
- HTML/ Script virus. Infects HTML files
- IRC/ Internet Relay Chat script virus.
- This virus type can use early
- versions of the mIRC client
- software to distribute a virus or
- payload
- JS/ JavaScript virus or Trojan horse
- program
- JV/ Java application or applet that
- functions as malicious software.
- JVS/ JavaScript virus or Trojan horse
- program
- O2KM/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- Office 2000 files
- P98M/ Macro virus or Trojan horse
- program. Infects Microsoft Project
- documents and templates.
- PP97M/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- PowerPoint 97 files
- V5M/ Macro or script virus, or Trojan
- horse program. Infects Visio VBA
- (Visual Basic for Applications)
- macros or scripts.
- VBS/ Script virus. Infects Visual Basic
- scripts
- W32/ File-infector or boot-sector virus.
- Runs in 32-bit Windows environments
- (Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows
- NT)
- WIN/ File-infector virus. Runs in 16-bit
- and 32-bit Windows environments
- (Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows
- 98, or Windows NT)
- W95/ File-infector virus. Runs in
- Windows 95 and Windows 98
- Environments
- W97M/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft Word
- 97 files
- WM/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft Word
- 95 files
- X97F/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- Excel 97 via Excel formulas
- X97M/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- Excel 97 files
- XF/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- Excel 95 or 97 via Excel formulas
- XM/ Macro virus. Infects Microsoft
- Excel 95 files
-
-
- INFIX
-
- These designations usually appear in the middle
- of a virus name. AVERT assigns these
- designations,which will differ from industry
- conventions.
-
- .CMP. Companion file. This designates a
- companion file that the virus adds
- to an existing executable file.
- McAfee software deletes the
- companion file to prevent later
- infections.
-
- .MP. Multi-partite virus. A McAfee
- designation.
-
- .OW. Overwriting. This identifies a
- virus that overwrites data in a
- file, thereby irreparably
- corrupting it. This file must be
- deleted.
-
-
- SUFFIX
-
- These designations usually appear as the last
- part of a virus name. A virus name can have
- more than one suffix. One might designate a
- variant, for example, while others give
- additional information. AVERT assigns many of
- these designations, which can differ from
- industry conventions.
-
- @MM Mass mailing distribution. This
- virus might use standard techniques
- to propagate itself, but will also,
- or in some cases primarily, use an
- e-mail system to spread.
- .A to .ZZZ Virus variant designation.
- .APP Appended viruses. This designates a
- virus that appends its code to the
- file it infects, but fails to
- provide for correct replication.
- McAfee software detects these files
- in order to prevent false virus
- identifications.
- .CAV Cavity virus. This designates a
- virus that copies itself into
- "cavities" (areas of all zeroes) in
- a program file.
- .CLI Client-side component of an
- Internet Trojan-horse program.
- .DAM Damaged file. This designates afile
- damaged or corrupted by
- aninfection
- .DR Dropper file. This file introduces
- the virus into the host program
- .GEN Generic detection. Native routines
- in McAfee software detect this
- virus without using specific code
- strings
- .GR Generic detection and removal.
- Native routines in McAfee software
- detect and remove this virus
- without using specific code
- strings
- .INTD "Intended" virus. This designates a
- virus that has most of the usual
- virus characteristics, but cannot
- replicate correctly. McAfee
- anti-virus software will detect it
- in order to prevent false
- identifications of active viruses
- .SFX Self-extracting installation
- utility for Trojan horse programs
- .SRC Viral source code. This ordinarily
- cannot replicate or infect files,
- but some virus droppers add this to
- files as part of the infection
- cycle. McAfee products routinely
- flag files with additional code of
- this sort for deletion
- .SVR Server-side component of an
- Internet Trojan-horse program.
-
-
- GENERIC DETECTIONS
-
- When a scanner reports W97M/Generic@MM or
- X97M/Generic@MM driver it means the engine
- (4070 or later only) has detected heuristically
- a highly suspicious VBA macro that is likely to
- be a mass-mailing virus. The cleaning for such
- viruses is also available but should be done
- with extra caution - users are advised to keep
- a copy of a file before cleaning and submit a
- sample to AVERT.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- DOCUMENTATION
-
- This product includes the following documents:
-
- 1. This README file.
-
- 2. A CONTACT file. This file provides a list of
- phone numbers, street addresses, web
- addresses, and fax numbers for Network
- Associates offices in the United States and
- around the world. It also includes contact
- information for services, such as technical
- support, customer service, onsite training,
- the beta program, and AVERT Anti-Virus
- Emergency Response Team.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- CONTACTING MCAFEE AND NETWORK ASSOCIATES
-
- Technical Support
- http://knowledge.nai.com
-
-
- McAfee Beta Program
- Beta Web Site
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/beta/
-
- E-mail
- avbeta@nai.com
-
-
- AVERT Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/avert/default.asp
-
-
- Download Site
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/download/
-
- ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x
-
- DAT File Updates
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/download/dats/find.asp
-
- Product Upgrades
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/download/upgrade/login.asp
-
- Valid grant number required.
- Contact Network Associates Customer
- Service
-
-
- On-Site Training Information
- www.mcafeeb2b.com/services/mcafee-training/default.asp
-
-
- Network Associates Customer Service
- US, Canada, and Latin America toll-free:
- Phone: +1-888-VIRUS NO or +1-888-847-8766
- Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.,
- Central Time
-
- E-mail: services_corporate_division@nai.com
- Web: www.nai.com
- www.mcafeeb2b.com
-
- For additional information on contacting
- Network Associates and McAfee (including
- toll-free numbers for other geographic areas)
- see the CONTACT file that accompanied your
- original product release.
-
-
- _______________________________________________
- COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK ATTRIBUTIONS
-
- (c) 2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved. No part of this
- publication may be reproduced, transmitted,
- transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or
- translated into any language in any form or by
- any means without the written permission of
- Networks Associates Technology, Inc., or its
- suppliers or affiliate companies. To obtain
- this permission, write to the attention of the
- Network Associates legal department at: 3965
- Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054,
- or call +1-972-308-9960.
-
-
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- Distributed Sniffer System, Distributed Sniffer
- System (in Katakana), Dr SolomonÆs, Dr
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- PC Medic, PCNotary, PrimeSupport, Recoverkey,
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- ReportMagic, Router PM, Safe & Sound,
- SalesMagic, SecureCast, Service Level Manager,
- ServiceMagic, SmartDesk, Sniffer, Sniffer (in
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- Total Network Security, Total Network
- Visibility, Total Network Visibility (in
- Katakana), Total Service Desk, Total Virus
- Defense, Trusted Mail, UnInstaller, Virex,
- Virus Forum, ViruScan, VirusScan, WebScan,
- WebShield, WebShield (in Katakana), WebSniffer,
- WebStalker, WebWall, WhoÆs Watching Your
- Network, WinGauge, Your E-Business Defender,
- ZAC 2000, Zip Manager are registered trademarks
- of Network Associates, Inc. and/or its
- affiliates in the US and/or other countries.
- All other registered and unregistered
- trademarks in this document are the sole
- property of their respective owners.
-
- This product includes or may include software
- developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
- OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)
-
- This product includes or may include
- cryptographic software written by Eric Young.
- (eay@cryptsoft.com)
-
-
- LICENSE AGREEMENT
-
- NOTICE TO ALL USERS: CAREFULLY READ THE
- APPROPRIATE LEGAL AGREEMENT CORRESPONDING TO
- THE LICENSE YOU PURCHASED, WHICH SETS FORTH THE
- GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE
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- IF APPLICABLE, YOU MAY RETURN THE PRODUCT TO
- NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. OR THE PLACE OF
- PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND.
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