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- Revision 6.12b - October 1996
- -----------------------------
- The rescue diskette procedure in the INSTALL module has been augmented
- to produce an NT boot floppy.
-
- A 'logical drive' mode was added in ResdQdisk as well as modes for
- handling Windows NT. An NT option was added to FixBoot as well.
-
- The /M switch was added in IVX to process modified files only.
-
- The InVircible passive Armoring for floppies has been augmented to
- detect the presence of boot infectors as well as the presence of
- stealth file infectors.
-
- Introduction of the IVB.NOT skip marker.
-
- Revision 6.12a - September 1996
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- The ResQdata module was added to InVircible.
-
- Revision 6.11c - July 1996
- --------------------------
- New option to INSTALL. It's possible now to specify the directory where
- to install InVircible right from the command line. Either INSTALL and
- IVLOGIN will accept the new command option. Syntax: "DIR=pathname".
-
- Virus detection through dodgy date or time stamp. Many viruses mark
- infected files by setting the year's date to +100 years (i.e year 2096
- instead of 1996), or by setting the seconds to a value larger than 59.
- The faked date/time stamp are not revealed by the DIR command but are
- detected by IVSCAN. IV will indicate "dodgy date or time, possibly
- infected". Concurrently, NetZ released a freeware utility named GETDATE
- that will let inspect drives for files with dodgy date/time mark and
- rename those files on request. GETDATE can also spot files with a
- a specified "seconds" setting. Certain viruses use a specific value in
- the seconds field to mark infected files, e.g. HD Euthanasia sets the
- seconds of infected files to 34. GetDate can be used as a first-aid and
- fast disinfector.
-
- Due to the nature of macro viruses, it is impossible to distinguish
- legitimate auto-macros from potentially harmful ones. Customized
- templates and forms that use auto-macros can be saved in separate
- directories. These directories can be marked to be skipped by the IVX
- macro cleaner. To mark a directory to skip, just create a zero length
- file named IVX.NOT in it. To create a zero length file, type from the
- DOS prompt "TYPE PLAIN_GARBAGE > IVX.NOT", without the quotation marks.
-
- Extended partitions on EIDE drives running in LBA mode will be
- corrupted by DOS programs running in a Win-95 MS-DOS shell, if the
- partition was created by Windows 95 FDISK. Win-95 introduced new
- extended partition types (types 0E, 0F - decimal 14, 15) for EIDE /w
- LBA. Other than Win-95 OS do not recognize these partitions and
- erroneously reflect the C logical partition into the higher one.
-
- ResQdisk has been upgraded to check whether this problem exists. When
- examining a partition with ResQdisk, a warning message will indicate
- the presence of partition types 0E or 0F. The user is then advised to
- correct the problem, to prevent possible damage.
-
- Revision 6.11b - June 1996
- --------------------------
- NEW AUDIT FEATURE IN IVB. IVB now provides for the auditing of
- specified directories and drives. The audit function is based on the
- IVB integrity database and runs concurrently with IVB integrity
- checking. New, missing and modified files are reported in the audit
- log. Auditing can run either on-demand or automatically.
-
- Auditing can be used in private user and corporate/network environment
- to keep track of program inventory. Auditing combined with IVB's
- integrity functions and IVX report is useful in spotting the source of
- an infection. In the institutional environment auditing can help system
- administrators in monitoring software uploads to servers.
-
- Revision 6.11a - May 1996
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- A generic "Word Macros" mode added to IVX. The latter will detect
- forced macros in Word documents and templates and CLEAN them on
- request. IVX can be used in batch mode for handling macro viruses.
- INSTALL has been updated to edit the test for macro malware right into
- the autoexec (see below).
-
- The Word Macro mode in IVX has provisions for testing a workstation's
- integrity right at logging in to the network. Affected workstations can
- be spotted now right as they login and refused access to the network.
- For details see appendix G in the DOS online hypertext, or search for
- "macro" in the Windows IV manual.
-
- INSTALL program changes: convenience. The on-line registration is now
- assigned to F10 and was removed from the menus. Where Winword is found
- in the search path, the user will be prompted if to include the Word
- templates integrity check against macro malware, in the autoexec. The
- templates test is extremely fast, it takes just a few seconds and is
- highly recommended.
-
- New IVLOGIN /Q switch. When run with the /Q switch, IVLOGIN will query
- the workstation whether the daily integrity check (IVB DAILY) did run.
- IVLOGIN returns an errorlevel 0 if the test was run and 1 otherwise.
- The integrity query switch can be used by network administrators to
- refuse access to users that disabled the IV daily integrity check.
-
- Revision 6.11 - April 1996
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- The Windows user guide was added from this version. The file's name is
- IVMANUAL.HLP.
-
- The editing of the Bios Parameter Block (BPB) of logical drives' boot
- sector was added to ResQdisk. This facilitates the recovery of hard
- drives with non-standard configurations such as Compaq models and
- multiple partitions with dynamic boot overlay drives (DDO), as well as
- NT servers and workstations.
-
- Batch processing of floppies with the IVX correlator was added. The IVX
- correlation-scan parameters need to be entered just once to process
- floppies in bulk.
-
- Revision 6.10e - March 1996
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- The CMOS monitoring function of IV was relaxed to watch only for hard
- drive configuration changes.
-
- Improved protection against path companion viruses.
-
- Revision 6.10d - January 1996
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- New appendix H added to the IV online manual, covering hard disk and
- data recovery methods.
-
- Revision 6.10c
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- A partition sector editor was added to ResQdisk Professional.
-
- The licensing utility (LICENSE) for system administrators was
- introduced. Available from authorized NetZ agents.
-
- Revision 6.10b
- --------------
- FIXBOOT was upgraded to support Microsoft's 1.68 mbytes DMF floppies
- format, used in Win 95 and MS-Office installation kits.
-
- The rescue procedure was upgraded to create the A:\HD_DATA.NTZ file,
- containing the hard drives' configuration and setup data. A GET-HD
- utility was added to the standard IV package, as well.
-
- The rescue procedure now supports also Norton's UNFORMAT.EXE, in
- addition to the DOS default UNFORMAT.COM. The file is renamed to
- UNFORMT! on the IV rescue floppy.
-
- The number of both IVB checklist's includes and excludes was increased
- from five to ten, for each. The syntax was extended and pathnames are
- now allowed for the exclude (SKIP=) files.
-
- Revision 6.10a
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- Improved Windows 95 rescue floppy procedures.
-
- FixBoot was upgraded to automatically handle Windows 95 boot floppies.
-
- FIND-SIG housekeeping utility added. Find-Sig removes orphan IVB
- signature files. Only active signature files are left.
-
- Revision 6.10
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- The online hypertext and the full manual were completely revised. The
- full manual on-line hypertext was added.
-
- ResQdisk new option: Compare track zero to backup, added.
-
- New option to INSTALL and IVLOGIN: Installation with predetermined
- signature filename. Syntax: <program name> SIG=filename.
-
- Up to five filespecs can be added to the IVB checklist. Add a line for
- each additional filespec in IVB.INI using the syntax: INCL=filespec to
- add.
-
- The IVMENU.EXE user interface shell was renamed to IV.EXE.
-
- Product upgrade, 6.02b
- ----------------------
- Online backup when renewing the IVB signatures was added. The older
- file is renamed to *.000.
-
- Further improvement in the correlator, IVX, advanced options. Fixing an
- offset for sampling is now possible from the command line.
-
- Improved FIXBOOT feature: Automatic selection of the boot system,
- either PC-DOS or MS-DOS.
-
- ResQdisk Professional (ResQpro) is merged in a single module with the
- standard ResQdisk program. The Pro floppy is available for authorized
- NetZ agents. Single session password for ResQpro was added to ResQdisk.
-
- The SYS option for refreshing the hard disk boot sector was added to
- ResQdisk.
-
- "Signature killer" detection was added to all the IV scanning programs
- (IVB, IVX and IVSCAN).
-
- A random signature filename can be specified from either INSTALL or
- IVLOGIN's command line. Syntax: INSTALL or IVLOGIN /RANDOM.
-
- Revision 6.02a
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- Automatic signature extraction and scanning were added to the
- statistical correlator, IVX.
-
- Detection of PKLITE'd droppers and Trojans was added to IVSCAN.
-
- Exception list added to IVB, to exclude up to 5 filenames from IVB's
- checklist. The syntax for excluding a filespec in the IVB.INI file is
- SKIP = only_filename_to_exclude (no path).
-
- Revision 6.02
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- Improved handling of EIDE drives using DDO, in all IV modules.
-
- DOS access to boot sectors was added to ResQdisk, in addition to the
- existing INT 13h access, for handling EIDE drives using DDO (where no
- LBA is available).
-
- Revision 6.01d
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- ResQdisk improved editing features were added. The 'Edit' menu (Alt+E)
- was added including: sector read / write, from backup or from file, and
- a special "decrypt" routine to handle drives ruined by Monkey.
-
- Improved ResQdisk track 0 maintenance features (Alt+Z) were added.
-
- Revision 6.01c - January 1995
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- Automatic IV version upgrades in network: IVLOGIN can now be used for
- both the automatic installation of InVircible to workstations in a
- networked environment, as well as the upgrading of an older IV version
- to a newer one.
-
- Revision 6.01b - December 1994
- ------------------------------
- Installation of InVircible on networked PC: Revision 6.01B has an
- additional file, IVLOGIN.EXE. As its name implies, its use is from the
- user login script in networks.
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