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- 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:
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- 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.
-