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Introducing the Management Edition Program
• Command-line Scanner. The VirusScan set consists of SCANPM.EXE, a
powerful scanning agent for 32-bit environments, and BOOTSCAN.EXE, a
smaller, specialized scanner. The NetShield command-line scanner is
SCAN32.EXE. These programs allow you to initiate targeted scan
operations from the MS-DOS prompt window or from protected MS-DOS
mode. Ordinarily, you'll use your anti-virus software's graphical user
interface (GUI) to perform most scanning operations, but if you have
trouble starting Windows or if the GUI components will not run in your
environment, you can use the command-line scanners as a backup.
SCANPM.EXE provides you with a full-featured scanner for 16- and 32-bit
protected-mode DOS environments and includes support for extended
memory and flexible memory allocations. SCAN32.EXE is for only 32-bit
environments. To use the scanner, open an MS-DOS prompt window or
restart your computer in MS-DOS mode, then run SCANPM.EXE or
SCAN32.EXE from the command line, together with the scan options you
want. See the appendix in your anti-virus software User's Guide for a list
and description of available command-line options.
VirusScan uses BOOTSCAN.EXE on its Emergency Disk in order to
provide you with a virus-free boot environment. When you run the
Emergency Disk creation wizard, VirusScan copies BOOTSCAN.EXE, a
specialized set of .DAT files, and boot files to a single floppy disk. With this
disk, you can start your computer, then scan its memory and the Master
Boot Record, the boot sector, and the system files on your hard disk.
BOOTSCAN.EXE will not detect or clean macro viruses, but it will detect
or clean other viruses that can jeopardize your VirusScan installation or
infect files at system startup. Once you identify and respond to those
viruses, you can safely run VirusScan to clean the rest of your system,
provided you don't run any other programs in the meantime.
Management Edition program features
This version of the Management Edition program builds on the strengths of
previous versions, extending the established functionality and providing new
features to help you manage your network anti-virus solutions. See the
WHATSNEW.TXT file included with the software for a full list of new features
and information on the latest changes.
New functionality
• The Management Edition program now supports NetShield for NetWare
v4.1.1 anti-virus software.
• Forced updates of invalid external mirrors give you more control over how
and when mirror repositories are updated.
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