ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (01/21/91)
> From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) > Subject: F-PROT 1.14 uploaded > To: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi > Date: Mon, 21 Jan 91 10:45:30 GMT > > I just uploaded version 1.14 of my anti-virus program to your /incoming > directory. > > I include below the announcement I just posted to VIRUS-L/comp.virus > > -frisk > > Fridrik Skulason University of Iceland | > Technical Editor of the Virus Bulletin (UK) | Reserved for future expansion > E-Mail: frisk@rhi.hi.is Fax: 354-1-28801 | > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Announcing F-PROT 1.14 > > Version 1.14 added the following features: > > Detection, but not removal of > > Anthrax > Crazy Eddie > V2P6 > > The reason V2P6 is not removed is because of the complexity of > the various encryption methods - If you ever get infected by the > virus, I suggest you contact its author: > > Mark Washburn > 4656 Polk Street NE > Coloumbia Heights, MN 55421 > USA > > > Detection and removal of the following viruses: > > 217 > 417 > 440 > 492 > 516 > 600 > 696 > 699 (erronously called "711" elsewhere) > 707 > 948 > 1049 > 1067 > 1075 > 1226 > 1600 > 2144 > 2480 > Agiplan > Alabama-B > Amstrad-852 > AntiPascal > AntiPascal 2 > Attention > Bebe > Best Wishes > Black Monday > Burger-537 > Carioca > Christmas in Japan > Cookie > Datalock > Destructor > DIR > Doteater > Evil > Father Christmas (Choinka) > Groen Links > Guppy > Hymn > Internal > Invader > Jerusalem-G > Joker > Joker-01 > Kemerovo > Leprosy-B > Liberty II > Lozinsky > MG > MG-3 > MGTU > MLTI > Monxla/Time > Musicbug > Nina > Nomenklatura > Parity > Phoenix > Piter > Plastique (4 new variants) > Polimer > Proud > Saddam > Scott's Valley > Stone `90 (T@V) - a variant of Vienna > Superhack (Scottish Murphy) > SVC > Sverdlov > Tiny-family (11 different variants) > Turbo-448 > Turbo Kukac > Turku (Twins) > V2P2 > VFSI (Happy) > Vienna (several new variants) > Violator > Virdem-792 > Voronezh > Westwood > Wisconsin > Zero Hunt (Minnow) > > F-FCHK now does a much better job of detecting minor variants of > viruses, in particular those cases where the differences are > insignificant and do not matter with regard to disinfection. As > an example, it will now identify the minor Jerusalem-variants > (Payday, Mendoza, A-204, Puerto, Sunday, Anarkia, Westwood, B, C, G > GrLkDos etc.) correctly, instead of just labeling them "Jerusalem". > > The /LIST switch added to F-FCHK, to produce a report with a list > of files scanned, and results. > > The /MULTI switch added to F-FCHK and F-DISING to scan multiple > diskettes. > > The switches may be combined with other switches - for example > you can use > > F-DISINF A: /MULTI /AUTO > > if you have a large pile of infected diskettes or > > F-FCHK C: /AUTO /LIST > report.lis > > to scan and disinfect the entire hard disk and produce a report. > > The following bugs/problems have been fixed: > > The identification string for "Zero Bug" has been changed > as it produced a false positive in LB.COM from Lahey and > several other programs. > > F-FCHK now reports the correct number of files disinfected, > when files are infected with multiple viruses. > > Occasional (but very rare) crashes of F-XLOCK and F-FCHK > if F-LOCK was not installed. > > Problems when removing "Stoned" from a hard disk formatted > under some DOS versions earlier than 3.0 > > Occasional incorrect removal of Alabama. > Thanks Frisk. The file is now available as /pc/virus/fprot114.zip from uwasa.fi. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun