Copyright: © 1999 Computer Associates International, Inc.


Out-of-date warning
Out of date warning system has been improved.

In the past IPE would bring up an `out-of-date' warning 180 days (6 months) after it was first built. This would help people remember that they need to keep their anti-virus software up to date if they wish to catch the latest viruses.

Now that we have DAT file updates it is more intelligent to warn people to update their DAT file if it has been a while since they last installed a DAT file update.

During installation/updating you will be asked how often you would like to be reminded to update for the latest protection.


Active updates
A much easier way to update and detect the latest viruses.

If you are not connected to the Internet it is not possible to update your computer using this method. If you have access to the Internet but not on the machine that you wish to update, you can download a DAT file update kit from the web site, copy onto a floppy and copy it to other computers.

How to use the Auto Download feature:

1. Open IPE and select Tools | Auto Download

2. The Auto Download dialog will be displayed.

NOTE: If you have not used the Auto Download feature in the past another dialog will pop up and ask you to enter the surname of the person registered their free copy of IPE. For most users this will be your surname.

3. The Save As dialog will be displayed and ask where to store the update files. Leave everything as it is and select `SAVE'. The file will be downloaded to you computer. (This may take a few minutes depending how fast your modem is). A message will be displayed when the files have been successfully downloaded. You will then be asked if you want to install the files. Select `YES".

4. The `WinZip Self Extractor' will offer to decompress the files. Click `OK'. (There is no other option!). Next you will be asked where you want to decompress the files to. Just click `UNZIP'. A message will unzip when the files have been successfully decompressed. Click `OK'.

5. A message will appear to let you know the Minor Update has completed successfully. Click `OK'.


New look for the browser window
Added Directory Tree View button to the browser window to make it easier to browse through directories and select files for scanning.

We have continued to evolve the interface to make it easier to use. One of the ways we can make it easier to use is to make it look like other programs that people are already using. This change brings the interface in line with recent changes to the main MS tools that are used for browsing directories and files.

Some people don't have a lot of screen space and may prefer not to use the tree view option. To enable or disable this option open IPE and select View | Directory Tree or select the following button from the interface.


IPE for non-english computers
IPE can be used on foreign computers.

Having Double Byte Character Set compliancy means that IPE 5.0 can successfully be run on many machines that do not use English as their primary language. So IPE 5.0 will work on computers that use Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other European or Asian languages.

IPE will be able to scan files that have non-english characters in their names but the menus, options and help files will still be in English.


Memory virus update
DAT file update can now update your protection against Memory viruses.

You can now be protected against all of the latest memory viruses just by using the new Auto Download feature.


Boot sector updates
DAT file updates can now update your protection against Boot sector viruses.

You can now be protected against all of the latest boot sector viruses just by using the new Auto Download feature.


fast boot sector cleaning
Faster floppy boot sector cleaning.

The boot sector protection for floppy disks has been changed so that it will now automatically replace any boot sector that is considered bad with a copy of a standard boot sector.

WARNING: Some back-up applications use non-standard boot sectors for floppy disks. Replacing these boot sectors may cause files to become inaccessible. If you must back-up onto floppy disks we recommend you scan all files and disks before beginning.


New file types to scan
New types of files have been added to the list of file types that will be scanned.

New viruses are now able to infect PowerPoint files, Access database templates and HTML scripts so .PPT, .XLA, .SCR extensions have been added to the list of file types that should be scanned.


Office 2000 scanning
IPE is able to scan Office 2000 Word and Excel documents.

Some minor modification of the IPE code has allowed us to build in the detection and cleaning of viruses which infect Word and Excel 2000 documents.  Access 2000 and PowerPoint 2000 detection is not yet enabled.


Password/encrypted file scanning
IPE can now scan encrypted or password protected Word 6 and Excel documents.

These types of files can sometimes cause problems when IPE attempts to scan encrypted files on a network server. These improvements allow the files to be scanned.


Powerpoint97 scanning
Power Point files for Office 97 can now be scanned.

Viruses can now infect and propagate from PowerPoint files so detection and cleaning has been built into this version of IPE.  Detection for infected PowerPoint files from Office2000 will be added at a later date.


Embedded file scanning
IPE can now scan files embedded within other files.

Advances in the way common applications can store files means that it is now possible to embed a MS Word file inside a PowerPoint file.  Some types of files that were unlikely to be targeted by a virus in the past, can now be targeted for infection.

In the past it was not possible for IPE to detect an infected Excel document when it was embedded in a Word file. Improvements in this version of IPE mean that we can now scan and clean these embedded files.


The configuration wizard will now check that you are scanning for, at least, the default list of file extensions
IPE can now check if you are scanning all of the files that are likely to be infected.

When you upgrade your version of IPE we carefully pick up the way you have configured IPE, load the upgrade onto your machine and then put the configuration back as it originally was.

From time to time we add a new file extension to the list of files that are to be scanned. If you have IPE installed for more than a year some file extensions may NOT be in your list of file extensions that are to be scanned.

When you are installing your new upgrade you will see the Scan File Types. If you chose Next> to continue past the screen and your current list of file extensions does not have all of the ones we recommend a dialog will appear and prompt to have your list of file extensions updated to include all of those recommended by IPE.

A copy of the dialog text is below:

***** Dialog Text Starts Here *****

The IPE Configuration Wizard has detected that the following default file-name extensions are missing from your list of files to scan:

xxx,yyy,zzz,123,abc

These file types are among the most likely to contain a virus in the event that your system becomes infected, so it is strongly recommended that these file types be included in your list of files to scan.

Would you like the IPE Configuration Wizard to add these for you?

Yes

No

***** Dialog Text Finishes Here *****


Contact Information

The developers of InoculateIT Personal Edition have always aimed to provide software that will operate in the background until a virus attempts to infect and damage your PC.

If you have a technical support question please see the FAQs for immediate answers, or email IPE_Support@cai.com. InoculateIT Personal Edition technical support staff have a support level target to answer all e-mail with 48 hours of it being delivered.

If you suspect that you have a file that is infected with a virus that IS NOT detected by InoculateIT Personal Edition please email a copy of the file to IPE_Virus@cai.com. The InoculateIT Personal Edition virus dissection team will send an updated DAT file back to you within 48 hours. This will allow you to detect and clean the virus. (Standard response time is within 24 hour hours).

Computer Associates International has offices in the following countries:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

Select an office for additional details. If you are not sure which office serves you, call 1-516-DIAL CAI (342-5224) for information.

ARGENTINA

Computer Associates de Argentina S.A.

Av. Davila 400 - Piso 2

1107 Buenos Aires

Argentina

Tel: (54)(1) 317-1500

Fax: (54)(1) 317-1515

AUSTRALIA

Computer Associates Pty. Ltd.

407 Pacific Highway

Artarmon, NSW, AUS 2064

Tel:(61)(2) 9937-0500

Fax:(61)(2) 9937 0600

AUSTRIA

Computer Associates Ges. m. b. H.

A-1100 Wien

Wienerbergstrasse 3

Tel:(43)(1) 605 80-0

Fax:(43)(1) 605 80-99

BAHRAIN

Computer Associates Middle East

Ground Floor, Diplomat Tower

Building 315

Road 1705, Block 317

Manama

Tel:(97)(3) 537 977

BELGIUM

Computer Associates S.A. - N.V.

34, Boulevard de la Woluwe

Woluwedal

B-1200 Bruxelles

Tel:(32)(2) 773 28 11

BRAZIL

Computer Associates do Brasil Ltda.

Av. Engenheiro Luiz Carlos Berrini

1253 - 1,5,6 andares

São Paulo - SP

04571-010

Tel:(55)11 5503-6000

Fax:(55)11 5503-6001

CANADA

Computer Associates Canada Ltd.

5935 Airport Road

Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1W5

Tel:(1)(905) 676-6700

CHILE

Computer Associates de Chile Ltd.

Av. Andres Bello, 2777

Oficina 1501

Edificio La Industria

Santiago

Tel:(56)(2) 203-3151

Fax:(56)(2) 203-3161

CHINA

Computer Associates (China). Ltd.

Room No. 2307, Capital Mansion

No. 6, Xin Yuan Nan Road

Chao Yang District

Beijing 100004

People's Republic of China

Tel: +86-10-6466 0322/0336

Fax: +86-10-6466 1135

COLOMBIA

Computer Associates Colombia

Avenida 82 No. 12-18

Oficina 305

Santafé de Bogotá - DC

Tel:(57)(1) 623 7886

CZECH REPUBLIC

Computer Associates Czech Republic

Donska 9

100 00 Praha 10

Czech Republic

Tel:  ++420-2-67206360

Fax: ++420-2-67206363

DENMARK

Computer Associates A/S

Kongevejen 195B

DK-2840 Holte

Denmark

Tel: +45 45 47 41 41

Fax: +45 45 47 41 10

FINLAND

Computer Associates Finland OY

Itälahdenkatu 15-17

Helsinki SF-00210

Tel:(358) 9 34 84 84

Fax: (358) 9 348 48 585

FRANCE

Computer Associates S.A.

14 Avenue François Arago

BP 313

92003 Nanterre Cedex, 92003

Tel:(33)(1) 40-97-50-50

GERMANY

CA Computer Associates GmbH

Hauptverwaltung Darmstadt

Marienburgstrasse, 35

64297 Darmstadt

Tel:(49)6151 / 949-0

Fax:(49)6151 / 949-100

HONG KONG

Computer Associates International Ltd.

21/F World Trade Centre

280 Gloucester Road

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

People's Republic of China

Tel:(852)2587-1388

Fax:(852)2587-1018

HUNGARY

Computer Associates Hungary

Kapas u. 11-15

1027 Budapest

Tel: +361 457 91 40

INDIA

Computer Associates India

511/512 Merchant Chambers

98A Hill Road

Bandra, Mumbai 400 050

India

Tel: 91 22 643 4681/82

Fax: 91 22 643 0843

INDONESIA

Computer Associates Indonesia

Wisma 46, Kota BNI

Level 34-05/06

Jl Jend Sudirman Kav. 1

Jakarta - 10220

Indonesia

Tel: 62-21-251-5030

Fax: 62-21-251-5029 / 251-5038

IRELAND

Computer Associates Plc

Embassy House

Ballsbridge

Dublin 4

Ireland

Tel:(353)(1) 478 0800

ISRAEL

C.A. Computer Associates

Israel Ltd.

Debora Hanevia St.

Neve Sharet, Atidim

Tel Aviv 61580

Tel:(972)(3) 6481120

ITALY

Computer Associates S.p.A.

Palazzo Leonardo

Via Francesco Sforza, 3

Milano 3 City

20080 Basiglio Milan

Tel:(39)2 90 464 1

Fax:(39)2 90 464 2501

JAPAN

Computer Associates Japan

Computer Associates Japan, Ltd

Shinjuku Mitsui Bld.

2-1-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku

Tokyo, 163-04 Japan

Tel : +81-3-5320-8080

Fax : +81-3-5320-8095

KOREA

Computer Associates Korea Ltd.

11th Floor, Textile Center Bldg.

944-31, Daechi-Dong

KangNam-Ku

Seoul, Korea

Tel: +82-2-528-4100

Fax: +82-2-528-4111

MALAYSIA

Computer Associates (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd

Suite 32/03, Level 32

Menara Lion

165, Jalan Ampang

50450 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Tel: +60-3-230-2022

Fax: +60-3-230-6453

MEXICO

Computer Associates Mexico

Insurgentes Sur

1787 - Piso 10

Col. Guadalupe-Innc Morales

Mexico D.F. 11570

Tel:(52)5 327 5210

THE NETHERLANDS

Computer Associates B.V.

Wattbaan 27

3439 ML

Nieuwegein

(31) (30) 604 83 45

NEW ZEALAND

Computer Associates (NZ) Ltd.

Level 11, 34-42 Manners Street

P O Box 997, Wellington, N.Z.

Tel:(64)(4) 801 7654

Fax:(64)(4) 801 7655

NORWAY

Computer Associates Norway AS

Fornebuvn. 7-9

Pb. 450

N-1324 LYSAKER

Norway

Tel. +47 67 52 40 00

Fax +47 67 52 40 01

PHILIPPINES

Philippine Computer Associates International, Inc.

20/F Antel Corporate Center

139 Valerio Street

Salcedo Village, Makati City

Metro Manila

Philippines

Tel: +632-812-1441

Fax: +632-812-8896

POLAND

Computer Associates Poland

Centrum LIM

Al. Jerozolimskie 65-79

00-697 Warszawa

PORTUGAL

Computer Associates International, Inc.

Rua Tomas da Fonseca

Torres de Lisboa, Torre G-3

1600 Lisboa

Tel:(35)(1)727 35 33

Fax:(35)(1)727 35 25

RUSSIA

Computer Associates CIS, Ltd.

Representation Office

Business Center

Tokmakov per.,5

107066, Moscow, Russia

Tel./Fax: +7-095-937-48-50

SINGAPORE

Computer Associates Pte. Ltd.

9 Temasek Boulevard

#10-01/03 Suntec Tower 2

Singapore 038985

Tel: (65) 337 2822

Fax: (65) 337 4822

SOUTH AFRICA

Computer Associates Africa

6 Kikuyu Road

Sunninghill Park

Sunninghill Ext. 56

2157 Sandton

South Africa

Tel.: +27 11 807-5920

Fax: +27 11 807-2151

SPAIN

C.A. Computer Associates S.A

Calle Carabela La Niña, 12

Barcelona 08017

Tel:(34)3 2278100

SWEDEN

Computer Associates Sweden AB

Box 540

Berga Backe 4

182 15 Danderyd

Tel:(46)8-622 22 00

Fax:(46)8-622 58 68

SWITZERLAND

CA Computer Associates AG

Industriestraße, 30

Kloten CH-8302

Tel:(41)(1) 814 03 00

TAIWAN

Computer Associates Taiwan Ltd.

6th Floor, 105, Sec. 2, Tun Hwa South Road

Taipei, Taiwan

Tel: +886-2-2700-9218

Fax: +886-2-2700-9318

THAILAND

Computer Associates Pte. Ltd.

33rd Floor, Abdulrahim Place

990 Rama IV Road

Silom, Bangrak

Bangkok 10500

Thailand

Tel: 66-2- 636-2467-9

Fax: 66-2- 636-2470

TURKEY

Computer Associates Ltd. Sti.

Büyükdere Cad. Oyal Is Hani

Kat: 5 No. 108-1

80280 Esentepe - Istanbul

Tel:(90)(212) 27 27 172

UNITED KINGDOM

Computer Associates Plc

Computer Associates House

183-187 Bath Road

Slough

Berkshire SL-14AA

Tel:(44)(1753) 5777 33

UNITED STATES

Computer Associates International, Inc.

One Computer Associates Plaza

Islandia, NY 11788-7000

Tel:(1)516-DIAL CAI (342-5224)

VENEZUELA

Computer Associates (CAI) de Venezuela

Av. Principal de la Castellana Centro

Letonia Torre Ing Bank - Piso 10 - Ofic. 105

Caracas 1060 - Venezuela

Tel: +58 (2) 264-5144 / 264-4744


Y2K Support
Year 2000 Support

We are pleased to advise you that InoculateIT PE currently supports Year 2000 processing.

Computer Associates' basic support for the millennium date change (Year 2000) provides or will provide for proper operation of our products according to the published documentation. In most cases, this means simply assuring that dates are evaluated and processed properly for sequence and comparison. Testing and Quality Assurance processes are carried out to validate the operation of these products as related to the millennium date change, and any functional errors will be accepted as issues (bugs) and resolved according to our standard maintenance and support policies.

As long as your license for each respective CA program remains in effect and active on maintenance, you will be entitled to all of the benefits of CA's implementation of Year 2000 date support as described above. Of course, nothing herein should be deemed to modify in any way any of the terms or conditions of any existing license between us respecting any CA program.


EICAR
Eicar - A file to test your configuration

This is a program from the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research that can help test the virus detection capabilities of Anti-Virus software.

This is a small .COM file for DOS that simply prints the message

EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!

when executed. It has the useful property that it consists entirely of printable ASCII characters, so you can easily email or fax it to someone.

Many anti-virus products will detect this file as if it had a virus. Most will give a special message to make it clear that this is a test file and not a real virus. For example, when the EICAR file is scanned, the following message will be displayed:

Detected the EICAR test string. Not a virus.

The main use of the EICAR test file is to test that your Anti-Virus software is configured and operating as you want it to. For example, it could be used to test that Real-Time protection is active and behaving as you expect.

While this file obviously has absolutely no virus code in it, you should only distribute it to people who have a clear understanding of what it does. Also, do not store it on production machines that run anti-virus software (except as part of a deliberate test), as it will probably trigger whatever alarm bells are in place.

Please refer to the EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File web page (www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm) for more information.

Here is the EICAR test string, in its entirety:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


Welcome to IPE
Welcome to InoculateIT Personal Edition

Congratulations on choosing InoculateIT Personal Edition (InoculateIT PE) to protect your  computer against viruses, trojans and other malicious software.

InoculateIT is a world class range of anti-virus software which can be deployed to suit any business or organisation. InoculateIT PE is a cutting edge, high performance virus package specifically designed to protect small businesses and home users from everyday virus threats.

InoculateIT PE is designed to protect individual computers without having to be installed from a network server. If you wish to install anti-virus protection to many computers in a business environment we recommend you evaluate other anti-virus products in the InoculateIT range.

This high quality anti virus tool comes with FREE software updates to registered users. It also comes with a promise that if you find a virus that InoculateIT PE is unable to detect or clean we will send you an emergency signature update  in approximately  48 hours of receiving a copy of the suspected infected file.

Registered users will also receive FREE Internet E-mail support. The answers  to many  support questions can be found in the online help. If you open InoculateIT PE then select Help | Help Topics then select "How to get technical support and FAQs" you will find the answers to around 80% of the questions that are asked of our support team.

By registering, you are automatically subscribed to our FREE Virus Threat Notification System as well as our Update Notification Service. Anytime a new virus is found that is actually spreading around the world, this service will send an E-mail to you when a new virus signature update is available.  This handy service will ensure that you are kept up to date so that you are protected against the very latest viruses. The Update Notification Service will only alert you when a new virus signature is posted on the Internet.