Dear Client, Welcome to the growing family of NOD32 Anti-virus System users. We believe you, like many thousands of our current customers worldwide , will find this new, awards winning 32-bit generation state-of-the-art system a useful and reliable tool of your anti-virus protection. No software is ever finished. This paradigm is especially true for any anti-virus package. All of us in ESET do our best to bring you constantly, the most reliable and the fastest available protection. For your convenience, information about some of the most relevant changes in the last five versions of NOD (including the latest one) are listed in the News section below. Many of the improvements implemented in NOD32 are due to constructive comments of our clients. We appreciate and welcome any of your feedback, questions and new ideas leading to improvement of our product. To get information on the latest news, please, visit us at: www.nod32.com. To invoke the on-line help, when working with NOD32, press the F1 key, or the Help button. To get more detailed information on NOD32 environment and functions, you may want to download the MANUAL.PDF file available for your conveniece at www.nod32.com. To read the Manual, you will need the Acrobat Reader program. A version of the latter can be downloaded from Internet web site at: www.adobe.com. Thank you for confidence in and selection of NOD32! Best regards, ESET's team This version of NOD Antivirus System is for evaluation purposes only. It is NOT free, public domain or shareware. The evaluation period for this version is 25 days after installation. If the evaluation period expires you must remove the program or buy a full version. If you are interested in purchasing the full commercial version of NOD Antivirus System, please contact: ESET, LLC Suite 300 4025 Camino del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Phone: (619) 542-7872 Fax: (619) 542-7701 E-mail: eset@nod32.com www.nod32.com NEWS 1. NOD32 - NEW SYSTEM UPGRADE! (ENVIRONMENT VERSION: 1.023) MAIN NEWLY IMPLEMENTED FEATURES: A) New anti-virus operating memory (RAM) scanner. Several unique algorithms providing scanning of computer operating memory were implemented for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 platforms. NOD32 applies state-of-the-art scanning of the operating memory to detect viruses, worms and Trojan horses. B) Increased security of update processes! NOD32 Control Center module (NOD32CC) provides automatic update and network functions of NOD32 anti-virus system. New security measures were addopted to secure authenticity and integrity of the update files transfered from ESET's update server to clients' computers via Internet. Authenticity of the transfered files is protected by means of digital signature based on improved PGP standards. NOD32CC automatically checks for the authenticity of the update files and, in case of any discrepancy, reports all irregularities to a client. All digitally signed update files (files with .nup extension), ca be verified using ESET's public encryption/decryption key. Applied method of protection is highly reliable and proven protection means. C) Update Support for Isolated Computers To facilitate update of computers not connected to Internet and/or compter network (isolated, stand-alone computers), new version of NOD32CC supports their update by means of CDs or the floppy disks. This option is available in the "Mirror setup" dialog window , click at the "Advanced..." button. 2. Version 1.019 A) New anti-virus e-mail filter has been implemented in NOD32 system. The filter scans all incoming e-mail messages for clients using POP3 protocol, such as Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Eudora, etc. How does the anti-virus filter work? NOD32 for POP3 is a flow-through scanner. It is located in between the e-mail program (POP3 client) and the e-mail server (POP3 server). As data flows through the filter, they are checked for the virus infiltrations. If an infiltration is found, a warning window is displayed. The filter itself will not remove the detected infiltration. This job is done by the anti-virus system itself. B) Another new feature implemented in the new NOD32 version is its capability to clean curently running (or opened) infected file. NOD32 cleans a copy of the infected file and, after the computer had been restarted, the system replaces the infected copy with the clean one. IMPORTANT NOTE (for on-demand scanning and cleaning)! 1. Before proceeding with ON-Demand scanning and cleaning it is recommended that all running applications are closed. 2. If On-Demand scanning reports detection and cleaning of infected files, it is important to reboot your system to ensure the infected files are permanently replaced. 3. You will be prompted to reboot the system after the cleaning has been completed. Reboot the computer immediately to avoid further spread of the infiltration. Do not run any other application. 4. To double check the cleaning procedure, repeat the NOD32 scan after the reboot of you computer. NOTE: AMON resident anti-virus monitor will not clean the currently running infected files. To clean the files, use NOD32 On-Demand scanner. (Start -> Programs -> ESET -> NOD32). C) Changes in the NOD32 Control Center: 1. Improved control of the contents of the update/mirror directory during the update. 2. File integrity check (applied to the update files). 3. Immediate modification of the Configuration file regardless of the change in current version build. 4. Update set-up enabled upon the system restart only. 3. Version 1.53 (20001205) A) New update and management system is among the most important changes implemented in this version. For detail information, please, visit us at: www.nod32.com. B) New NOD32 Control Center module was integrated in NOD32. The Control Center was developed to support NOD32 multi-level network management and update system. C) All NOD32 key modules are now equipped with automatic report messaging system. Virus incidents and other defined events can be sent via SMTP to any predefined address/es. D) Enhanced management of extensions of the files to be tested/scanned was implemented as well. New extensions can be added while the virus signature database is updated. No restart of the computer is required. 4. Version 1.37 (20000519) A) Version 1.37 provides you with reliable detection and cleaning of the new VBS/NewLove.A worm. 5. Version 1.36 (20000511) The new version is upgraded in two ways: A) Newly developed heuristic analysis applicable for the script viruses has been implemented for your protection. This unique algorithm working for Visual Basic and Java scripts allows detection of yet unknown viruses which will take advantage of the replication and spreading methods similar to those of the viruses/worms such as LoveLetter, BubbleBoy, Kak, Unicle and the like. B) A number of new virus signatures were added to the new version including the W97M/Humanit. 6. Version 1.34 (20000418) released on April 18 2000 brings several improvements. A) Implemented resident e-mail message protection for Outlook/Exchange clients is one of the major changes in the new version. This protection also works for e-mail clients with MAPI compatible interface. How the protection works: If you get an e-mail message infected with a virus, NOD's module, in charge of e-mail protection, will tend to remove the virus. At the same time, the original message will be moved to a new folder named "Infected messages". For the sake of preventing measures, we will appreciate if you could forward the infected message for further detailed analysis to our technical support division at: support@nod32.com. Some details regarding the installation of the new resident e-mail protection system: - First time installation During the first installation of NOD on your computer (version 1.34 or higher) a window will appear allowing you the option of installation of the resident e-mail protection into your standard profile. This option can later be disabled, or on the other hand, added to other profiles you may be using. This can be carried out using the Tools/Servics menu of Microsoft Outlook. The changes become effective after the restart of your Microsoft Outlook application. - Update of NOD via the execution of the setup.exe program Running of the setup.exe installation program turns on the resident e-mail protection module automatically. In case you don't wish to have this protection enabled, check the "I also want to change other settings" check-box in the "Update installation" window. This action is followed by the appearance of a window allowing you to disable this option. - Update of NOD via the "Automatic Update" feature Update of NOD via the Automatic Update does not turn on the e-mail protection module automatically. However, after the update of the system, manual setting of the e-mail protection module can be done as described above. NOTE: Once the resident e-mail protection is turned on, your incoming mail messages will contain a label attached to them with the following reading: This message has been checked through the NOD32 for Exchange e-mail monitor (http://www.nod32.com). B) Optimized data storage and compression of NOD's components (in version 1.34 and higher) leads to reduced volume of the installation files speeding up your download rates. The size of the update file (relevant for those who use the Automatic Update feature) has also been reduced. The aforementioned compresions have, however, no effect on the performance of NOD Anti-virus system whatsoever. NOTE: (only for those who use the disk installation) Due to improved compression the use of the directory "disk3" is history and does not not appear in versions 1.34 and up.