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- Version 2.28
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-
- This version was originally not supposed to be released at all, as we
- intended to have 3.0 out by now. Unfortunately, finishing 3.0 has taken
- longer than expected, and therefore this version is being distributed.
-
- The most significant changes since 2.27 involve F-MACROW.EXE. We are
- releasing a new version (1.06) where we have added a set of powerful macro
- heuristics, which should detect the vast majority of new Word viruses.
-
- Also, F-MACROW is now able to scan for viruses inside encrypted documents.
-
- F-PROT 2.28 itself has only been updated to handle a few new "in-the-wild"
- viruses, but detection of other newly received viruses has been added to
- the new (version 3) program.
-
-
- Version 3.0
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- We expect to have a public beta version of 3.0 out in a few days, possibly
- by the time you read this - check our web site, http://www.complex.is for
- information on the release of version 3.0.
-
- The major functionality changes in 3.0 are the following:
-
- F-PROT 3.0 detects more viruses (currently over 14.000) with a single
- program than F-PROT 2.28 and F-MACROW 1.06 combined.
-
- F-PROT 3.0 can scan recursively inside ZIP and ARJ archives - support
- for other archivers like RAR will be added if there is demand for it.
-
- The VIRSTOP program will be replaced with a VxD program, which has the
- same detection rate as the main scanner, unlike VIRSTOP, which uses a
- subset of the F-PROT scanning engine.
-
- The virus-detetion code in version 3.0 is now entirely "data-driven",
- which means that updates will generally not require changes to the
- F-PROT program, but only the SIGN.DEF file. This means that we can
- easily provide much more frequent updates than in the past, and we
- will at least make weekly updates awailable on our FTP site.
-