User Guide

Index
368 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
notation, use of to designate update and
upgrade sites
, 259, 270
.UPD files
description and use of
, 346
update and upgrade methods
using with VirusScan
software
, 250 to 252
UPDATE UPGRADE ACTIVITY.TXT
as AutoUpdate and AutoUpgrade log
file
, 257, 268
updates
automatic, via AutoUpdate
, 252 to 273
recommended method for downloading
and distributing
, 253 to 264
updates and upgrades
use of anonymous FTP to log into sites
for
, 260, 271
use of UNC notation to designate
, 259,
270
updates and upgrades, website address for
obtaining
, 326
updating strategies for VirusScan
software
, 249
upgrades
automatic, via AutoUpgrade
, 263 to 273
user name, recorded in log file
, 123, 140, 151
V
View Activity Log
in File menu
, 200, 241
in Task menu
, 241, 258, 269
View menu
Status Bar
, 212
Title Bar
, 212
Toolbar
, 212
Virus List
, 213
VirusInformation Library, connecting tofrom
VirusScan
, 84 to 86
Virus List
in View menu
, 213
viruses
"Brain" virus
, xv
boot-sector infectors
, xv to xvi
cleaning, recorded in log file
, 123, 140,
151
code signatures, use of by
, xvii
Concept
, xviii
costs of
, xiii to xiv
current numbers of
, xiii
deciding when to start scan operations
for
, 72
default response to
when E-Mail Scan program
component detects
, 82 to 84
when VirusScan detects
, 80 to 82
when VShield detects
, 75 to 80
definition of
, xiii
detecting, recorded in log file
, 123, 140,
151
disguising infections of
, xvii
distinction between hostile objects
and
, xix
effects of, xiii, 69 to 84
encrypted, definition of
, xvii
false detections of, understanding
, 74
file infectors
, xvi
history of
, xiii toxx
macro
, xviii
setting heuristic scanning options
for
, 114 to 116, 131, 144 to 145,
194 to 196, 232, 282, 297
mutating, definition of
, xvii
origins of
, xiii to xx