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• The SendVirus utility. This component gives you an easy and painless
way to submit files that you believe are infected directly to McAfee
anti-virus researchers. A simple wizard guides you as you choose files to
submit, include contact details and, if you prefer, strip out any personal or
confidential data from document files.
• The Emergency Disk creation utility. This essential utility helps you to
create a floppy disk that you can use to boot your computer into a
virus-free environment, then scan essential system areas to remove any
viruses that could load at startup.
• Command-line scanners. This component consists of a set of full-featured
scanners you can use to run targeted scan operations from the MS-DOS
Prompt or Command Prompt windows, or from protected MS-DOS mode.
The set includes:
– SCAN.EXE, a scanner for 32-bit environments only. This is the
primary command-line interface. When you run this file, it first
checks its environment to see whether it can run by itself. If your
computer is running in 16-bit or protected mode, it will transfer
control to one of the other scanners.
– 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. SCAN.EXE
will transfer control to this scanner when its specialized 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.
SCAN.EXE will transfer control to this scanner if your computer is
running 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, VirusScan
software 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 VirusScan software installation or infect files at
system startup. Once you identify and respond to those viruses, you
can safely run VirusScan software to clean the rest of your system.
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