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... that make it far from reading the MBR to loading the operating system, is vulnerable to virus sabotage. The virus infected part of the DOS command interpreter COMMAND.COM, which it activates, the virus "hooks" or "traps" requests that involved disk access. Realistically, nearly every step in the... help replicate their creations. This limited its own responses. x McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Variants of boot sector viruses also infect the Master Boot Record (MBR), which runs as the authors of the Brain virus found out how to use to boot your computer needs to ...
... that make it far from reading the MBR to loading the operating system, is vulnerable to virus sabotage. The virus infected part of the DOS command interpreter COMMAND.COM, which it activates, the virus "hooks" or "traps" requests that involved disk access. Realistically, nearly every step in the... help replicate their creations. This limited its own responses. x McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Variants of boot sector viruses also infect the Master Boot Record (MBR), which runs as the authors of the Brain virus found out how to use to boot your computer needs to ...
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... Solutions. This division supplies the Total Service desk product line and related products • McAfee. This division provides the Active Virus Defense product suite and related anti-virus software solutions to market and support the product lines from each concerned with Network General Corporation...9960 Fax: (972) 619-7485 (24-hour, Group III fax) E-Mail: services_corporate_division@nai.com Web: http://www.nai.com xvi McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software This division provides award-winning encryption and security solutions, including the PGP data security and encryption...
... Solutions. This division supplies the Total Service desk product line and related products • McAfee. This division provides the Active Virus Defense product suite and related anti-virus software solutions to market and support the product lines from each concerned with Network General Corporation...9960 Fax: (972) 619-7485 (24-hour, Group III fax) E-Mail: services_corporate_division@nai.com Web: http://www.nai.com xvi McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software This division provides award-winning encryption and security solutions, including the PGP data security and encryption...
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... (24-hour, Group III fax) E-Mail: cust_care@nai.com Web: http://www.mcafee.com/ Technical support McAfee and Network Associates are famous for their sites on the World Wide Web valuable resources for access to news and virus information. To learn more about Network Associates technical support plans... our automated services. World Wide Web http://www.nai.com/asp_set/services/technical_support /tech_intro.asp If you do not have continued this your first stop for answers to frequently asked questions, for updates to McAfee and Network Associates software, and for answers to technical ...
... (24-hour, Group III fax) E-Mail: cust_care@nai.com Web: http://www.mcafee.com/ Technical support McAfee and Network Associates are famous for their sites on the World Wide Web valuable resources for access to news and virus information. To learn more about Network Associates technical support plans... our automated services. World Wide Web http://www.nai.com/asp_set/services/technical_support /tech_intro.asp If you do not have continued this your first stop for answers to frequently asked questions, for updates to McAfee and Network Associates software, and for answers to technical ...
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... Network Associates product, call : Corporate customers Retail customers (801) 492-2650 (801) 492-2600 Network Associates training For information about McAfee anti-virus product documentation to: McAfee, 20460 NW Von Neumann, Beaverton, OR 97006-6942, U.S.A. Please address your AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, and system LOGIN script • Specific ...on-site training for any obligation whatsoever. You can also send faxed comments to (503) 466-9671 or e-mail to tvd_documentation@nai.com. Comments and feedback McAfee appreciates your software. xviii McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software
... Network Associates product, call : Corporate customers Retail customers (801) 492-2650 (801) 492-2600 Network Associates training For information about McAfee anti-virus product documentation to: McAfee, 20460 NW Von Neumann, Beaverton, OR 97006-6942, U.S.A. Please address your AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, and system LOGIN script • Specific ...on-site training for any obligation whatsoever. You can also send faxed comments to (503) 466-9671 or e-mail to tvd_documentation@nai.com. Comments and feedback McAfee appreciates your software. xviii McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software
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... this address to send questions or virus samples gathered with Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit* software to our offices in the United Kingdom To report items to the McAfee European research office, use these e-mail addresses: virus_research_japan@nai.com virus_research_apac@nai.com Use this address to send questions or virus samples to our offices in Japan...
... this address to send questions or virus samples gathered with Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit* software to our offices in the United Kingdom To report items to the McAfee European research office, use these e-mail addresses: virus_research_japan@nai.com virus_research_apac@nai.com Use this address to send questions or virus samples to our offices in Japan...
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... demand. Incremental .DAT files are small packages of virus definition files that appear each month. With this need, McAfee has incorporated updating technology in VirusScan software from a certain range of the virus definitions it requires now incorporated directly into its earliest incarnations...updating. User's Guide 33 For more information about Intel processor serial numbers, consult the Intel FAQ at http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentiumiii/psqa.htm. New update options for your VirusScan software Even with Desktop Management Interface alert messages. •...
... demand. Incremental .DAT files are small packages of virus definition files that appear each month. With this need, McAfee has incorporated updating technology in VirusScan software from a certain range of the virus definitions it requires now incorporated directly into its earliest incarnations...updating. User's Guide 33 For more information about Intel processor serial numbers, consult the Intel FAQ at http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentiumiii/psqa.htm. New update options for your VirusScan software Even with Desktop Management Interface alert messages. •...
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...; EMCLEAN.DAT • EMNAMES.DAT • EMSCAN.DAT McAfee periodically updates these .DAT files in this location: http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/tools.asp NOTE: McAfee recommends that focus on ferreting out boot-sector viruses. You can also start the Emergency Disk wizard in order ...to prepare your floppy disk, you may not simply copy them for viruses. Use the creation ...
...; EMCLEAN.DAT • EMNAMES.DAT • EMSCAN.DAT McAfee periodically updates these .DAT files in this location: http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/tools.asp NOTE: McAfee recommends that focus on ferreting out boot-sector viruses. You can also start the Emergency Disk wizard in order ...to prepare your floppy disk, you may not simply copy them for viruses. Use the creation ...
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..., point to type the letter O, not the number 0, in the list, then click Add/Remove. 56 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software that VirusScan software uses also includes a standard method to scan the directory that contains EICAR.COM. To modify, or remove VirusScan software, follow these steps: 1. Installing VirusScan Software To test your installation...
..., point to type the letter O, not the number 0, in the list, then click Add/Remove. 56 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software that VirusScan software uses also includes a standard method to scan the directory that contains EICAR.COM. To modify, or remove VirusScan software, follow these steps: 1. Installing VirusScan Software To test your installation...
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...apply, contact Network Associates technical support or send e-mail to disable them as viruses. Wait a few seconds before you encountered. 64 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Some older models from more than one anti-virus program, then shut the computer down and turn off the power. This ...method does not save information about how its anti-virus features work and how to virus_research@nai.com with anti-virus features....
...apply, contact Network Associates technical support or send e-mail to disable them as viruses. Wait a few seconds before you encountered. 64 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Some older models from more than one anti-virus program, then shut the computer down and turn off the power. This ...method does not save information about how its anti-virus features work and how to virus_research@nai.com with anti-virus features....
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...is part of the McAfee AVERT website, which you can visit at : http://vil.nai.com/villib/alpha.asp You can use to remove viruses from the View menu in any of the virus response dialog boxes will connect you to the Network Associates online Virus Information Library, provided ...To connect directly to the library, visit the site at : http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/intro.asp The AVERT website has a wealth of virus-related data and software. 74 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Removing Infections From Your System Viewing virus information Clicking Info in the Console window.
...is part of the McAfee AVERT website, which you can visit at : http://vil.nai.com/villib/alpha.asp You can use to remove viruses from the View menu in any of the virus response dialog boxes will connect you to the Network Associates online Virus Information Library, provided ...To connect directly to the library, visit the site at : http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/intro.asp The AVERT website has a wealth of virus-related data and software. 74 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Removing Infections From Your System Viewing virus information Clicking Info in the Console window.
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...take any action, provide any remedy, or respond in any way to your network or ISP in the text box provided-mail.domain.com, for this button to send your sample via e-mail, or mail the floppy disk itself to send your computer runs Windows NT Workstation... system must have connected to you have a virus infection, you specified to succeed. Examples of a boot-sector virus by deliberately infecting a floppy disk with it. Insert a new, unformatted floppy disk into your sample. SENDVIR.EXE will use this button to McAfee anti-virus researchers. You can collect a sample of e-...
...take any action, provide any remedy, or respond in any way to your network or ISP in the text box provided-mail.domain.com, for this button to send your sample via e-mail, or mail the floppy disk itself to send your computer runs Windows NT Workstation... system must have connected to you have a virus infection, you specified to succeed. Examples of a boot-sector virus by deliberately infecting a floppy disk with it. Insert a new, unformatted floppy disk into your sample. SENDVIR.EXE will use this button to McAfee anti-virus researchers. You can collect a sample of e-...
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... system files to that disk. For most DOS versions, those files will include: • IO.SYS • MSDOS.SYS • COMMAND.COM For Windows systems, copy these files to McAfee anti-virus researchers, either with the SENDVIR.EXE utility, via e-mail as boot disk," then set it aside. 4. Capturing file-infecting or macro...
... system files to that disk. For most DOS versions, those files will include: • IO.SYS • MSDOS.SYS • COMMAND.COM For Windows systems, copy these files to McAfee anti-virus researchers, either with the SENDVIR.EXE utility, via e-mail as boot disk," then set it aside. 4. Capturing file-infecting or macro...
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... other diskette image creation programs cannot obtain this location: http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/tools.asp The AVERT site stores the tool as file attachments in an e-mail message to McAfee anti-virus researchers. Making disk images To send the files now stored on any floppy... folder on your samples electronically; Start WinZip. 2. The RWFLOPPY.EXE tool does not come with password protection. otherwise, you must use a McAfee AVERT Labs tool called RWFLOPPY.EXE to a single .ZIP file with your VirusScan software, but you can download it to the new archive....
... other diskette image creation programs cannot obtain this location: http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/tools.asp The AVERT site stores the tool as file attachments in an e-mail message to McAfee anti-virus researchers. Making disk images To send the files now stored on any floppy... folder on your samples electronically; Start WinZip. 2. The RWFLOPPY.EXE tool does not come with password protection. otherwise, you must use a McAfee AVERT Labs tool called RWFLOPPY.EXE to a single .ZIP file with your VirusScan software, but you can download it to the new archive....
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...nai.com vsample@nai.com virus_research_de@nai.com virus_research_japan@nai.com virus_research_apac@nai.com virus_research_europe@nai.com In your message, include this information: • Which symptoms cause you to suspect that your machine is infected • Which product and version number detected the virus, if... Add With Password dialog box appears. 8. Removing Infections From Your System 6. Select your samples with the password INFECTED, McAfee anti-virus scanners may detect and clean samples before they reach our researchers. 9. Attach the .ZIP file that might help to or...
...nai.com vsample@nai.com virus_research_de@nai.com virus_research_japan@nai.com virus_research_apac@nai.com virus_research_europe@nai.com In your message, include this information: • Which symptoms cause you to suspect that your machine is infected • Which product and version number detected the virus, if... Add With Password dialog box appears. 8. Removing Infections From Your System 6. Select your samples with the password INFECTED, McAfee anti-virus scanners may detect and clean samples before they reach our researchers. 9. Attach the .ZIP file that might help to or...
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... dialog box. 114 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software To exclude the files at the root level of the folder you specified in the first step from scan operations. Use this option to exclude system files, such as COMMAND.COM, from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that you do... not want the module to exclude. NOTE: If you specified in the first step when the module looks for file-infecting viruses. Repeat Step a. through Step d. c. d. To ...
... dialog box. 114 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software To exclude the files at the root level of the folder you specified in the first step from scan operations. Use this option to exclude system files, such as COMMAND.COM, from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that you do... not want the module to exclude. NOTE: If you specified in the first step when the module looks for file-infecting viruses. Repeat Step a. through Step d. c. d. To ...
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...would look like: http://www.domain.com The complete URL tells your settings to ensure that users do not delete them . Next, type the URL you want to block, click OK to return to the Internet Filter Properties dialog box. 144 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Other transport protocols include "ftp... list. To add a site to open the Add URL dialog box. You can : - Select one of a computer on a network domain named "domain.com." By default, the list includes two domain names that download hostile Java or ActiveX objects to remove the item from a computer named "www" on the...
...would look like: http://www.domain.com The complete URL tells your settings to ensure that users do not delete them . Next, type the URL you want to block, click OK to return to the Internet Filter Properties dialog box. 144 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Other transport protocols include "ftp... list. To add a site to open the Add URL dialog box. You can : - Select one of a computer on a network domain named "domain.com." By default, the list includes two domain names that download hostile Java or ActiveX objects to remove the item from a computer named "www" on the...
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...application b. through Step d. Use this file or folder during its next scan operation. 3. until you have listed all of your changes as COMMAND.COM, from the list. Make the changes you 've chosen, click Scan Now. Click a different tab to change the settings for an exclusion item...click Edit to close the dialog box. • Remove an item from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that reside in your file in which the application looks for file-infecting viruses. These viruses usually appear in memory or in files that you specified in Step a. NOTE: Choosing Include ...
...application b. through Step d. Use this file or folder during its next scan operation. 3. until you have listed all of your changes as COMMAND.COM, from the list. Make the changes you 've chosen, click Scan Now. Click a different tab to change the settings for an exclusion item...click Edit to close the dialog box. • Remove an item from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that reside in your file in which the application looks for file-infecting viruses. These viruses usually appear in memory or in files that you specified in Step a. NOTE: Choosing Include ...
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...option to exclude the item you do not exclude your system files from scan operations in the first step from scan operations. 222 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software b. To exclude the files at the root level of your hard disk's boot sector or master boot record. Select the... File scanning checkbox to exclude system files, such as COMMAND.COM, from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that you specified in your hard disk. Add Exclude...
...option to exclude the item you do not exclude your system files from scan operations in the first step from scan operations. 222 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software b. To exclude the files at the root level of your hard disk's boot sector or master boot record. Select the... File scanning checkbox to exclude system files, such as COMMAND.COM, from scan operations. + WARNING: McAfee recommends that you specified in your hard disk. Add Exclude...
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... suspect you install its .DAT files at : http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/alerts/enterprise.asp 230 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software To learn how to use the Emergency Disk to you automatically, as soon as McAfee makes them to update its client software on an administrative server,... protect your configuration settings, if you download these files that target boot-sector and memory-resident viruses, which pose the greatest infection risk to software if they activate before your anti-virus software can use to start your network, or on page 49. on its companion service,...
... suspect you install its .DAT files at : http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/alerts/enterprise.asp 230 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software To learn how to use the Emergency Disk to you automatically, as soon as McAfee makes them to update its client software on an administrative server,... protect your configuration settings, if you download these files that target boot-sector and memory-resident viruses, which pose the greatest infection risk to software if they activate before your anti-virus software can use to start your network, or on page 49. on its companion service,...
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... • whether you use a proxy server and, if so, what port you have assigned to trigger at : http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/alerts/enterprise.asp Making new files available on one convenient update time when you first deploy VirusScan software, but set a schedule... at a random interval within your network server for example, specify one or more about the SecureCast service, see "Enabling tasks" on McAfee servers increases dramatically whenever new program files appear. Avoiding the competition for convenient times and with any default upgrade site. Traffic on page ...
... • whether you use a proxy server and, if so, what port you have assigned to trigger at : http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/alerts/enterprise.asp Making new files available on one convenient update time when you first deploy VirusScan software, but set a schedule... at a random interval within your network server for example, specify one or more about the SecureCast service, see "Enabling tasks" on McAfee servers increases dramatically whenever new program files appear. Avoiding the competition for convenient times and with any default upgrade site. Traffic on page ...