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- ░ This INDEX supersedes the need for a large printed
- manual, letting you seek a Virus ALERT option or a piece
- of information directly from the screen the same way an
- index at the back of a book tells you where things are.
- Just interchange the words 'chapters' and pages with
- 'menus' and options, and you get the idea.
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- ░ THE INDEX IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES
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- 1. The first is the ALERT menus, and where they are located.
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- 2. The second is the features and items which are operated
- by, or do something from, a menu (such as run a scan).
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- 3. The third is features whose use is by instruction
- (running Virus ALERT by Command Line).
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- 4. The fourth is supplementary items such as Site
- license information, definitions of a virus vrs
- ansi bombs vrs Trojans, help items, etc.
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- The routing to follow through ALERT's various menus is given
- for each feature or item in any of the categories.
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- IMPORTANT NOTE - Option (V) in the Help menu is a Hypertext-like
- viewer called the HYPERDOC for reading all of ALERT's previews
- and help documents under one umbrella.
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- The Hyperdoc has three screens. The first screen lists ALERT's
- POP-UP styled helps. The second contains the Quick Previews.
- The third lists all of ALERT's longer document styled Helps.
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- In any Hyperdoc screen, just press the letter beside the
- listed file, and the file will appear immediately on screen.
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- The purpose is to help someone find a vaguely remembered
- piece of information without having to go back through
- all the menus one after the other to find it. Likewise,
- since ALERT's files are substantially cross referenced,
- the Hyperdoc can sometimes let you get to a reference
- quicker than going through the menus to the referenced
- location.
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- Also note that all of ALERT's Quick previews or Help
- files which have the extension .Doc are simple ascii text
- files which can be read in any viewer, editor, or word
- processor which can read ordinary text. (The hyperdoc
- scroller actually just reads the files through a viewer.)
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- 1. ░▒▒ THE ALERT MENUS
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- A. The 'ALERT' main menu - press (A) in any
- other menu to return to the main menu.
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- B. The 'Utilities and Other Options' menu - press (O)
- in the main ALERT menu, and in most other menus.
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- C. The 'First' and 'Second' Help menu screens - press (H)
- in the main menu for the 'First' Help menu screen, and
- press (H) again for the 'Second' screen . Also press (H)
- in many of the other menus.
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- D. The 'First' and 'Second' Utility menus - press (O) in the
- main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (U) for the 'First' Utility menu. Press (U)
- again for the 'Second' Utility menu. Also press (U) in many
- of the other menus.
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- E. The Main 'Networks' menu - press (O) in the main ALERT menu
- for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then press (N).
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- F. The 'Network Scanning' menu - press (O) in the main ALERT
- menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then press (N)
- for the main 'Networks' menu, then press (N) again for the
- 'Network Scanning' menu.
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- G. The main ALERT 'Scanning' menu - press (S) in the
- main 'ALERT' menu.
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- H. The main ALERT 'Cleaning' menu - press (C) in the
- main 'ALERT' menu.
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- I. The 'Multiscan Scanning' menu - press (O) in the main ALERT
- menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then press (M).
- Or press (S) in the main 'ALERT' menu for the 'Scanning' menu,
- then press (M).
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- J. The main Installation menu - press (i) in the main ALERT menu.
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- K. The main Recovery Disk menu - press (i) in the main ALERT
- menu, then press (2) for the 'Recovery Disk' menu, or press (O)
- in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then press (1) for the
- 'Recovery Disk' menu.
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- 2. ░▒▒ FEATURES WHICH ARE OPERATED FROM A MENU
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- A. To Scan for viruses - press (S) in the main menu
- for the 'Scanning' menu. Then choose a scan.
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- B. To scan a pile of disks (Multiple Scanning) - press (O)
- in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (M). Or press (S) in the main menu for the 'Scanning'
- menu, then press (M).
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- C. To SCAN a complete network in one shot - press (O) in the
- main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then
- press option (N) for the 'Networks' menu, then press (N) again
- for the 'Networks scanning' menu, then press (1).
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- D. To redirect the screen report - press (3) in any of the
- scanning menus.
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- E. To run scans of simple user defined scan paths - press
- (3) in any of the scanning menus.
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- F. To run scans of any detailed extension, path, or file group -
- press (O) in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other
- Options' menu, then press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then
- press (2) in the first 'UTILITY' menu.
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- G. For user defined Network Scans - press (O) in the main ALERT
- menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then press (N)
- for the 'Networks' menu, then press (N) again for the 'Networks'
- scan menu, then press (2).
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- H. To remove Boot Sector viruses - press (C) in the main
- menu for the 'Cleaning' menu, then press (1) for the Boot
- Sector virus cleaner.
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- I. To remove File viruses - press (C) in the main menu
- for the 'Cleaning' menu, then press (1) for the File virus
- cleaner.
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- J. For Regular installation of ALERT - press (i) in the
- main ALERT menu for the 'Installation' menu, then press (1).
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- K. For Turbo installation of ALERT - press (i) in the main
- ALERT menu for the 'Installation' menu, then also press (1).
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- L. To install VaGUARD - press (i) in the main ALERT menu
- for the 'Installation' menu, then press (3).
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- M. To install Onguard - press (i) in the main ALERT menu
- for the 'Installation' menu, then press (4).
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- N. To use the HYPERDOC Help reviewer - press (H) in the
- main ALERT menu, then press (V) in the 'first' HELP menu.
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- O. To EXTRACT a distribution disk of Onguard/VaGUARD - press (O)
- in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then press (2) in the
- first 'UTILITY' menu for the 'Extractor' menu, then press (1).
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- P. To EXTRACT a distribution disk of the Recovery Disk utility only -
- press (O) in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other
- Options' menu, then press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then
- press (2) in the 'first' UTILITY menu for the 'Extractor' menu,
- then press (2).
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- Q. To EXTRACT Virus ALERT to a 1.2 or 1.4 M floppy disk - press (O)
- in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (U) for the Utilities menu, then press (2) in the
- 'first' UTILITY menu, for the 'Extractor' menu, then press (3).
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- R. To EXTRACT a `Scan Only' version of Virus ALERT - press (O)
- in the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then press (2) in the
- 'first' UTILITY menu for the 'Extractor' menu, then press (4).
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- S. To EXTRACT Virus ALERT to a 360K or 720K disk - press (O) in
- the main ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu,
- then press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then press (2) in the
- 'first' UTILITY menu for the 'Extractor' menu, then press (5).
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- T. To use the LOOK editor as an editor - press (O) in the main
- ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then
- press (U) for the 'Utilities' menu, then press (1) in the
- 'second' UTILITY menu.
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- U. To PRINT out any document - press (O) in the main ALERT menu
- for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then press (U) for
- the 'Utilities' menu, then press (2) in the 'second' UTILITY
- menu. Also type PRINTDOC at Dos.
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- 3. ░▒▒ FEATURES WHOSE USE IS BY AN EXPLANATION
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- A. For HELP, information, and other support documents - press (H)
- in the main 'ALERT' menu for the 'First' help menu, press (H)
- again for the 'Second' screen.
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- B. For Manually installing ONGUARD - press (i) in the main ALERT menu
- for the 'Installation' menu, then press (4), then press (2).
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- C. For Manually installing VaGUARD automatic protection -
- press (i) in the main ALERT menu for the 'Installation'
- menu, then press (3), then press (2).
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- D. For running ALERT by COMMAND LINES - press (O) in the main
- ALERT menu for the 'Utilities and Other Options' menu, then
- press (L) for the 'Command.doc' .
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- 4. ░▒▒ CONVENIENT SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT
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- A. For registering for permanent end user's license - press (H)
- in the main ALERT menu, then press (S) in the second Help menu.
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- B. For SITE LICENSE information - press (H) in the main ALERT
- menu, then press (S) in the second Help menu.
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- C. For brief definitions of the different styles of KNOWN VIRUSES -
- press (H) in the main ALERT menu, then press (B) in the second
- Help menu.
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- D. For a list of most KNOWN VIRUSES - press (H) in the main menu,
- then press (V) in the second Help menu.
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- Even though Virus ALERT does not seek or report on the
- variances and mutants of viruses, as many as we know about
- are listed for your interest. A couple of very good, very
- detailed virus summary lists are out there. For example,
- Dr. Hoffman's 'VSUM' is up to date and available from the
- McAfee bulletin board in Santa Clara, California.
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- E. For a list of VIRUS LORE, and DO'S and DON'TS - press (H)
- in the main menu, then press (B) in the second Help menu,
- then scroll down to the topic called VIRUS misconceptions.
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- F. For installing an ICON for using ALERT in WINDOWS - press (I)
- in the main ALERT menu, then (5) for instructions.
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- G. For installing an ICON for using ALERT in OS/2 - press (I)
- in the main ALERT menu, then (6) for instructions.
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- H. For FALSE POSITIVES - press <H> in the main menu, then
- press <D> , then scroll down to topic titled <FALSE VIRUSES>.
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- I. For comments regarding ONGUARD and VaGUARD related specifically
- to use on sites - press (O) in the main ALERT menu for 'Utilities
- and Other Options' menu, then press (N) for the 'Networks' menu,
- then press (P) for the 'Quick Preview', then press (2) for
- the 'Network Doc'.
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- J. Quick list of the Command Line options (switches) - press (H)
- in the main ALERT menu, then press (S) in the first Help menu.
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- K. To re-read Scan screen reports - press (3) in all scanning screens.
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- L. Quick Previews, any menu, topic, or feature - press (R) in
- appropriate menu or with appropriate feature.
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- M. For some timely tips about using an Antivirus in Dos 6 -
- press (H) in the main Alert menu, then press (R) in the
- second Help menu for the Advanced Readers Doc, then look near
- the beginning.
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- N. For details about ALERT's Heuristic Scanning mechanism -
- press (H) in the main Alert menu, then press (R) in the
- first Help menu for the Advanced Readers Doc, then scroll
- down to the topic.
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- O. For details about ALERT's Heuristic scanning Names - press (H)
- in the main Alert menu, then press (T) in the first Help menu
- for the Technical Doc, then look near the top.
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- P. For details about ALERT's Heuristic scanning Flags - press (H)
- in the main Alert menu, then press (T) in the first Help menu
- for the Technical Doc, then scroll down to the topic.
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- Q. For details about ALERT's Heuristic Cleaning mechanism -
- press (H) in the main Alert menu, then press (R) in the
- first Help menu for the Advanced Readers Doc, then scroll
- down to the topic.
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- R. For Virus ALERT's technical requirements - press (H) in the
- main Alert menu, then press (T) in the first Help menu for the
- Technical Doc, then scroll down to the topic.
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- S. For Virus ALERT's error returns - press (H) in the main
- Alert menu, then press (T) in the first Help menu for the
- Technical Doc, then scroll down to the topic.
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- T. For Virus ALERT's error messages - press (H) in the main
- Alert menu, then press (T) in the first Help menu for the
- Technical Doc, then scroll down to the topic.
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- U. For details about recovering data from a damaged hard drive,
- or rebuilding a damaged Boot Sector or Partition table by hand -
- press (H) in the main Alert menu, then press (R) in the
- second Help menu for the Repair doc, then scroll down to the topic.
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- V. For details for recovering data manually from a damaged floppy
- disk - press (H) in the main Alert menu, then press (R)
- in the 'second' Help menu for the 'Repair.doc', then scroll
- down to the topic.
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