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- F-MACROW Last Minute Release Notes
-
- WARNING! This is a BETA version of our new macro scanner/disinfector.
- We made it available because of the increased demand for a good document
- disinfection program and because we were not satisfied with the quality of
- the previous (DOS) versions of the F-MACRO.EXE program. However, we have
- not had the time to put F-MACROW through the extensive internal tests which
- our products usually undergo. Therefore, there is increased probability
- that the program is not entirely bug-free. The users are strongly advised
- to make backup copies of the documents before attempting to disinfect them.
- This is particularly important when disinfecting Excel workbooks, since
- Microsoft failed to provide us with the information we needed to implement
- proper Excel virus disinfection.
-
- If any bugs are found, please report them to bontchev@complex.is, and if
- you have any suggestions for improvements - feel free to e-mail to the
- above address.
-
- F-MACROW is a 16-bit Windows application. It has been tested
- successfully under Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95 and Windows
- NT (3.51 and 4.0 beta 2), although it should work under plain Windows
- 3.1 as well. It does not work under DOS - but then, if you do not run
- Windows the you do not have to worry about these viruses anyhow.
-
- Installation.
-
- To install F-MACROW, follow the simple procedure described below. (Future
- versions will include an automatic installation program.)
-
- 1) Copy the file CTL3DV2.DLL to your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, if it is
- not there already (the file is probably already in place).
-
- 2) The program needs the file OLE2.DLL in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
- too. However, if this file is not already on your system, WinWord 6.x or
- above will not run, so macro viruses are not your concern.
-
- 3) Copy the files F-MACROW.EXE and MACRO.DEF in some directory (e.g.,
- in the same directory where you have installed F-PROT). It doesn't
- matter where they are placed but both of them must be in the same directory.
-
- 4) Create an item in some Program Manager group and make it point to the
- file F-MACROW.EXE. (Alternatively, if you are using Windows 95, simply
- drag the file from the Explorer and drop it on the desktop.)
-
- Using F-MACROW
-
- Once you have installed the required files you can launch the program by
- double-clicking the F-MACROW icon. Windows 95 users can also launch it
- from the DOS prompt in a DOS box.
-
- The program interface is very simple. The user clicks on the Scan button to
- start the scanning. This brings up a dialog box, where the user can select
- scanning options.
-
- The following options are available:
-
- Scan directory - Selects the directory to be scanned.
- What to scan - Selects whether to scan files with standard extensions
- for Word and Excel (*.DOC, *.DOT, *.XL?), or whether to
- scan files with any extension.
- Scan Subdirectories - Whether to scan subdirectories of the specified
- directory.
- If a virus is found - Specifies what action should be taken if a virus is
- found. The following options are available:
- - Report only. Just reports the virus.
- - Disinfect automatically. The virus will be
- automatically removed.
- - Ask each time. The user will be asked each time
- if the file should be disinfected.
- Report all scanned
- documents - Normally the program will report only the files in
- which a virus is found. If this option is checked,
- all scanned files will be reported.
- Report file - Check this option if you wish to save the report to a
- file, and use the next two fields to specify the name
- of the report file and whether the new report should
- overwrite an already existing file or append to it.
-
- When the desired options have been selected, press the OK button to start
- the scan. The scanning can be stopped by pressing ESC or clicking the Stop
- button.
-
- To exit the program click on the Exit button.
-
- The on-line help option has not yet been implemented.
-
- List of viruses detected by F-MACROW:
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- FormatC (Trojan)
- Reflex.Dropper (Trojan)
- Laroux (Excel)
- Aliance
- Atom
- Boom:De
- Buero:De
- Colors.A
- Colors.B
- Colors.C
- Colors.D
- Clock:De
- Concept.A
- Concept.B:Fr
- Concept.C
- Concept.D
- Concept.E
- Concept.F
- Concept.G
- Concept.H
- Date
- Dietzel:De
- Divina
- DMV
- Doggie
- Friendly:De
- Goldfish
- Guess
- Hot
- Imposter.A
- Imposter.B
- Irish
- KillDLL
- LBYNJ:De
- MadDog
- MDMA
- NF
- NOP.A:De
- NOP.B:De
- Npad
- Nuclear.A
- Nuclear.B
- Nuclear.C
- PCW:De
- Pheeew:NL
- Polite (In documents produced by Word 6.x and above only)
- Reflex
- Satanic
- Tedious
- Wazzu.A
- Wazzu.B
- Wazzu.C
- Wazzu.D
- Xenixos:De
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