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- What's New in VirusScan February DAT file (9602)
- Copyright 1994-1996 by McAfee, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved.
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-
- These release notes cover what is new in the February DAT file (9602)
- release for the VirusScan family of products.
-
- Note: Presently, we anticipate the following DAT update schedule:
- March, May, July, ... Intermediate "emergency" updates will be
- available only through the BBS. More details to follow as we put
- these plans into place.
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- You will have noticed that Microsoft's MVTOOLS.EXE is no longer
- included as part of the distribution. If you discover that you
- are infected with Concept, we encourage you to download and use
- the 2.3.0 beta which has a remover for the macro viruses.
-
- You may retrieve it through our web site (www.mcafee.com) or in the
- beta area of our ftp site (ftp.mcafee.com).
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- Detectors added or updated in the 9602 DAT file and where it's a problem (40):
- AP.A
- AP.B
- AP.C
- AP.D
- AP.E
- BEETLE
- BIZATCH
- BM BIRTHDAY (Germany/Switzerland)
- BUA.1537 (Taiwan)
- BURGLAR (US: Indiana)
- CLAWS.684 (France)
- CLAWS.FANGS (France)
- COMFUSE (US)
- DULL BOY (Canada)
- FATHER MAC.1536
- FINPOLY
- FITW (MBR) (Europe)
- FITW.7448/7924 (Europe)
- GOOD_DOCTOR
- GOOD_DOCTOR (BOOT)
- GYNX.1000
- HOT (Russia)
- KARNIVALI.1972 (Greece)
- KELA.823
- MANUEL5 (Spain)
- MARZIA.D
- OVERBOOT (Belgium)
- PH33R.1332 (US & Europe)
- PLAGUE.2647
- PRESS.B
- PS-MPC.573.M
- PS-MPC.598.A
- RED DIAVOLYATA.830.A
- RTL.805
- STERCULIUS.273
- TIMID.299 (France)
- TPE APE.2518
- TRIVIAL.50.B
- VALENTINE.2332 (Denmark)
- VCL.JP2
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- Removers added or updated in the 9602 DAT file and where it's a problem (26):
- AP.A
- BM BIRTHDAY (Germany/Switzerland)
- BUA.1537 (Taiwan)
- CLAWS.684 (France)
- CLAWS.FANGS (France)
- COMFUSE (US)
- CONCEPT (*) (Worldwide)
- DULL BOY (Canada)
- FITW.7448/7924 (Europe)
- GOOD_DOCTOR
- GOOD_DOCTOR (BOOT)
- HLLC.4968 COMPANION (Canada)
- HOT (*) (Russia)
- INSERT
- KHIZHNJAK.1011
- MALAISE (France)
- NUCLEAR (*) (Internet)
- OVERBOOT (Belgium)
- PH33R.1332 (**) (US & Europe)
- PRED2 (**) (Israel)
- TEQUILA.A.MBR
- TEQUILA.C.MBR
- TEQUILA.D.MBR
- TIMID.298 (France)
- V.160 (England)
- VALENTINE.2332 (Denmark)
-
- (*) Requires 2.3.0 executable; Macro virus removers
- (**) Requires at least 2.2.9 executable
-