McAfee DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5 User Manual page 36

About Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
All of the command-line scanners allow you to initiate targeted scan
operations from an MS-DOS Prompt or Command Prompt window, or
from protected MS-DOS mode. Ordinarily, you'll use the Dr Solomon's
Anti-Virus application's graphical user interface (GUI) to perform most
scanning operations, but if you have trouble starting Windows or if the Dr
Solomon's Anti-Virus GUI components will not run in your environment,
you can use the command-line scanners as a backup.
• Documentation. Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus documentation includes:
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– SCANPM.EXE, a scanner for 16- and 32-bit environments. This
scanner provides you with a full set of scanning options for 16- and
32-bit protected-mode DOS environments. It also includes support
for extended memory and flexible memory allocations.
FINDVIRU.EXE will transfer control to this scanner when its
capabilities can enable your scan operation to run more efficiently.
– SCAN86.EXE, a scanner for 16-bit environments only. This scanner
includes a limited set of capabilities geared to 16-bit environments.
FINDVIRU.EXE will transfer control to this scanner if your system
runs in 16-bit mode, but without special memory configurations.
– BOOTSCAN.EXE, a smaller, specialized scanner for use primarily
with the Emergency Disk utility. This scanner ordinarily runs from
a floppy disk you create to provide you with a virus-free boot
environment.
When you run the Emergency Disk creation wizard, Dr Solomon's
Anti-Virus copies BOOTSCAN.EXE, and a specialized set of .DAT
files to a single floppy disk. BOOTSCAN.EXE will not detect or
clean macro viruses, but it will detect or clean other viruses that can
jeopardize your Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus installation or infect files
at system startup. Once you identify and respond to those viruses,
you can safely run Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus to clean the rest of your
system.
– A printed Getting Started Guide, which introduces the product,
provides installation instructions, outlines how to respond if you
suspect your computer has a virus, and provides a brief product
overview. The printed Getting Started Guide comes with the Dr
Solomon's Anti-Virus copies distributed on CD-ROM discs—you
can also download it as VSC45WGS.PDF from Network Associates
website or from other electronic services.