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- NETSCAN v63-B by McAfee Assoc. REGISTRATION $ .....
- UTIL JUL90 NETSCAN MCAFEE VIRUS PROTECTION
- FILES: netsc63b.sdn
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- NETSCAN is the network version of VIRUSCAN. It scans network
- virtual drives and identifies any pre-existing PC virus
- infection in the file servers. NETSCAN will indicate the
- specific files or system areas that are infected and will
- identify the virus strain which has caused the infection.
- Removal can then be done manually or, if the infection is
- widespread, automatic removal utilities are available which
- can disinfect each virus strain.
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- NETSCAN version V63, when used in conjunction with VIRUSCAN
- on the individual workstations, can identify 97 major virus
- strains and numerous sub-varieties for each strain. The 97
- viruses include the twelve most common viruses which account
- for over 95% of all reported PC infections. The complete
- list of viruses detected is included in the accompanying
- file: VIRLIST.TXT.
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- It is important to note that existing virus strains can be
- grouped and counted differently than the ordering outlined in
- VIRLIST.TXT. DEN ZUK, for example has two separate
- versions. Likewise, the STONED, VIENNA, ALAMEDA and
- JERUSALEM-B viruses have been modified a number of times.
- Some researchers would define each of these modifications, or
- sub-varieties, as separate viruses. NETSCAN chooses to group
- them as the same virus, because the same scan string can
- identify each of them. This is only done if disinfection
- requirements for the different sub-varieties are identical.
- If removal procedures differ for different varieties, then
- NETSCAN will differentiate between them.
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- These viruses infect one of the following areas: The hard
- disk partition table; the DOS boot sector of hard disks or
- floppies; or one or more executable files within the system.
- The executable files may be operating system programs, system
- device drivers, .COM files, .EXE files, overlay files or any
- other file which can be loaded into memory and executed.
- NETSCAN, when used in conjunction with VIRUSCAN on the
- workstations, identifies every area or file that has become
- infected and indicates the name of the virus that has
- infected each file.
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