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╓──╖ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╥ ╥ ╓─╥─╖ ╓───╖ ╓─── ╓───╖ ╓──╖ ╥┐ ╥ ╓╨──╨╖ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║└┐ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╙───╖ ║ ╓╨──╨╖ ║ └┐ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ └┐║ ╨ ╨ ╨───╨ ╨ ╙───╜ ────╜ ╙───╜ ╨ ╨ ╨ └╨ v e r s i o n 3 . 2 Copyright (C) 1991, /\/\ountainTop Technologies All Rights Reserved. Written by Nick Tucker. Why the need for such a complicated algorithm? ────────────────────────────────────────────── There was a need for a quick and easy way checking files for viruses on BBS systems (Recent Uploads can always be a hazard, especially when left unattended). There are many "shells" that are available, but they are either too slow or don't work correctly. AUTOSCAN was written to work with the McAffee SCAN program and various archiving programs. Required Files ────────────── PKUNZIP.EXE PAK.EXE PKUNPAK.EXE (or PKXARC.EXE and/or XARC.EXE) LHARC.EXE (or ICE.EXE) ARJ.EXE SCAN.EXE (All of the current versions can be obtained from my board or the support boards). How does it work? ───────────────── The way it works is very simple, all it does is un-archive any ZIP, ARC, ICE, LZH, PAK, or ARJ file into a work directory (\AUTOSCAN.30), then use McAffee's SCAN.EXE to scan it for any virus (Since SCAN is updated regularly, you don't have to worry about AutoScan becoming outdated or missing any recent viruses.) If all goes well and no viruses are found, it deletes all the "work" files and then moves onto the next file and repeats the process. To get going is real simple, copy AUTOSCAN.EXE into a directory in your path ( example in AUTOEXEC.BAT: PATH = C:\;C:\UTIL; when AUTOSCAN.EXE is in C:\UTIL ). Change to the directory you wish to scan, and type "AUTOSCAN". AutoScan will then look through the Current Directory for ZIP, ARC, ICE, PAK, LZH, ARJ and SDN files, un-archive them and scan them, if all goes well it will proceed onto the next file. In order for everything to work all the un-archivers should be within reach upon the currect path, PKUNPAK.EXE, PKUNZIP.EXE, LHARC.EXE, ICE.EXE, PAK.EXE, ARJ.EXE and, most importantly, SCAN.EXE. If any of the un-archivers are not found that section will not execute, you don't need them all to run AUTOSCAN, however if SCAN.EXE is not located the program will halt. AutoScan will keep a detailed log of it's activities in the same directory that contains AUTOSCAN.EXE appropriately named AUTOSCAN.LOG. If it already exists, new information will be appended to it. "What if?" he said ────────────────── What if there is an archive within an archive? AutoScan will detect if there are any archives within archives - to any level and any combination of archive types. If an error is located in a "sub archive" that name is placed in the log along with the main archive name and what the error was - Virus or bad archive. About ARC ───────── AutoScan supports most major ARC type archivers, PKPAK, PKARC and the SEA ARC7, it can tell the difference between the three and will use the appropriate archiver to un-archive the file. If AutoScan detects a file generated by the ARC7 archiver and XARC is not available that file will be skipped, however if XARC is found and PkPak or PkArc isn't, AutoScan will attempt to use ARC7 for the Arc type unarchiver. About PAK ───────── AutoScan, when examining a PAK archive, will only un-archive the type 10 compression (Crushed) and the type 11 compression (Distilled). SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT ─────────────────────── Some DOS versions don't report the drive name when asked to...If you see " ■ FOUND \DOS\PKUNZIP.EXE " (note the missing "C:") and then AutoScan exits on an error then you have this problem. Starting with this version the ability to use an Environmental Variable has been added. Somewhere in your AutoExec.Bat add a line that reads " SET AUTOSCAN={drive\path} " to where AutoScan.Exe can be found. Consult your DOS manual on further help with setting the environment. COMMAND LINE OPTIONS ──────────────────── AUTOSCAN /S If you wish to have your Hardrive scanned as well put a /S on the command line. Drives C: through H: will be scanned if they exist. The setting in AutoScan.Cfg (if it exists) with the /P option will be used with SCAN.EXE AUTOSCAN /Q When AutoScan finishes it sounds a two tone bell a few times, or in the case of a VIRUS, many times! If you wish to run it in the QUIET MODE put a /Q on the command line. AUTOSCAN /C This will trick AutoScan into thinking that there is a virus, and will do the following: 1. Rename the archive to .BAD 2. Exit at an errorlevel of 1 3. Beep it's ass off if you're unregistered or not working in "Quiet" mode You must have an archive in the current directory (ALONG WITH CHECK.EXE) to use this. You may use no other command line options. AUTOSCAN /R AutoScan will rescan all files archives. This option is as if you had deleted AutoScan.Dat, which is exactly what AutoScan does. AUTOSCAN /M AutoScan will instruct Scan.exe not to scan RAM at all. Without this option RAM will be scanned only on the first pass or if a virus was found RAM will be scanned again. AUTOSCAN /O To scan a single file. This will not enter the name into AUTOSCAN.DAT, or even check to see if it has been processed before. Just a quick and dirty scan. IE: AUTOSCAN /OTEST.ZIP A path and file name can be specified, sorry no wildcards. AUTOSCAN /F This will instruct AutoScan to reboot the machine once all operations have been completed, a five (5) second count down can be aborted by pressing any key. This feature is usefull if you are doing an entire drive scan and don't want to sit around watching it run, when it's done it will reboot and bring up your BBS or Menu system if you have one. AUTOSCAN /U This will instruct AutoScan to uses a specific drive to unarchive files to. /UC will cause AutoScan to create the work directory \AUTOSN on the C drive ( C:\AUTOSN ) reguardless of what drive AutoScan is on. The use of a RAMDISK will greatly increase the speed of AutoScan, however be aware of the size of the RamDisk and the size of the archive you wish to scan! AUTOSCAN /N * - Registered Version. This will instruct AutoScan to check for Bad Archives ONLY, only use this option if you are sure the file is free of Virus's. AUTOSCAN /A * - Registered Version. AUTOSCAN will search the ENTIRE DRIVE for archives and scan them. AUTOSCAN will not update the AUTOSCAN.DAT or check to see if the file has been processed. IE: AUTOSCAN /AC: If no drive is specified the default is used. AUTOSCAN /T * - Registered Version. This will instruct AutoScan to check the size, time and date of the archive. If it has changed, the archive will be rescanned. If you run AutoScan from a BBS to check any recent uploads you might not want to use this option. If you add ZIP comments to a file, it will obviously change the file size and cause AutoScan to rescan it. AUTOSCAN /D * - Registered Version. With this option you can specify the directory to scan on the command line. IE: AutoScan /DF:\WORK . Any files in the F:\WORK directory will be scanned. AUTOSCAN /I * - Registered Version. All this does is supress the blue or red box upon completion, the same info is written to the screen in a "normal manner". AUTOSCAN /B * - Registered Version. To direct AutoScan to place any .BAD files in a specified directory. IE: AUTOSCAN /BC:\BADFILES where C:\BADFILES is the directory. All command line options must be seperated by a space and they may be in any order you wish. AUTOSCAN /Q /R /BC:\BADFILES /I /DE:\RECENT This would cause AUTOSCAN to run in Quiet Mode (/Q), rescan all files (/R), copy all .BAD files to C:\BADFILES (/B), supress the ending screen (/I), and examine the directory E:\RECENT (/D). The Command line is limited to 80 characters so keep those paths small!! AUTOSCAN.CFG ──────────── Included in the Archive is a file called AutoScan.Cfg. In this file you can set certain default settings for AutoScan. Edit this file with an ASCII editor to suit your liking. If you wish to use different config files you can specify the name on the command line with the /K option. AUTOSCAN /KC:\AUTOCFG.CFG would cause AutoScan to use the Autocfg.Cfg file in the root directory of drive C:. This option MUST BE THE FIRST OPTION otherwise it will be ignored. You can add further options on the command line after the /k option, IE: AutoScan /KC:\AUTOCFG.CFG /R /I . To set the command line parameters for SCAN.EXE use the /P option within the current config file. As many parameters can be used as long it is limited to 100 characters. /P /A /FR will cause Scan to scan all files and display all messages in french. HELP and SCAN.EXE ───────────────── For help on the fly type AUTOSCAN ? and it will display some information about itself. In order for AutoScan to detect all known virus's you must keep your version of SCAN.EXE as current as possible. AutoScan is only as good as the Scanner it uses. SCAN.EXE can be found on most good bulletin boards in your area. *.BAD ───── If AutoScan comes across a bad archive or a virus that file will be renamed to "filename".BAD and make a note in the log indicating which file is SUSPECT of being bad. If a file is flagged as being bad you might want to examine it manually to see why. If the /B option was used that file would be copied to the specified directory. NEWLIST.TXT ─────────── As AutoScan runs it generates a file called NEWLIST.TXT. In this file it will place the names of any new files that it has just processed. If you have an archive commenter that can use this file then please do. I am in the process of writing one for ZIP files and it should be released soon. F10 - ABORT ─────────── While AutoScan is running pressing F10 will cause AutoScan to abort the current session. AutoScan will only stop once the current file has been finished and the work files have all been deleted. AutoScan will report on the current status of it's operation and further runnings of AutoScan will just pick up where it left off. AutoScan will exit on an ERRORLEVEL of 0 in this case. AUTOSCAN.DAT ──────────── Once AutoScan has completed its operations it will update a file called AUTOSCAN.DAT, this file contains a list of files that have already been scanned. For sysops, this makes it possible to run AutoScan after users have logged off the BBS, and if any new files were uploaded, they get scanned right away and removed from circulation if needed. The Naughty Bits ──────────────── Each time AutoScan starts up it checks it's own size and CRC, and if it has changed, it will terminate with a nasty message. AutoScan will also check disk space each time it starts up. If the amount of disk space left is less than 150% of the archive size AutoScan will exit on a ErrorLevel 1. Errorlevels ─────────── AutoScan will exit on one of 5 DOS ErrorLevels.. ErrorLevel 0 - New Files found and processed. ErrorLevel 1 - SCAN.EXE missing / No Disk Space / AUTOSCAN.EXE infected / File Error. Errorlevel 2 - No New Files. ErrorLevel 3 - Bad Archive, Renamed to .BAD. ErrorLevel 4 - VIRUS, Renamed to .BAD. What In? ──────── AUTOSCAN is written in Turbo Pascal 6.0 and some routines are from the TechnoJock Turbo Toolkit V5.02 (excellent package if your a TP 4/5/6 programmer). AUTOSCAN uses many "outside" programs, without which AUTOSCAN would not function. Please show your appreciation and register these fine programs. What If? ──────── If AUTOSCAN does report that SCAN.EXE found a virus, what do I do? Either contact McAffee Associates, and they can guide you through getting rid of the virus, or you can run SCAN.EXE manually with a /D on the command line. SCAN /D will delete any file found with a virus. Also Mace Utilities 1990 and CLEANPxx.ZIP will get rid of any viruses after they are detected. The key to virus protection is that ugly word "BACKUP"! Always backup any critical files that you may have. The Best ──────── This program would not be possible without the creation of these fine programs: PKZip / PKPak - PKWare / Phil Katz - PKZ110.EXE PAK - NoGate Programming - PAK251.EXE ARC,XARC - System Enhancement Associates - N/A Lharc (LZH) - Yoshi - LH114B.EXE Turbo Pascal - Borland Corporation - N/A 5.5 / 6.0 TechnoJock - TechonoJock Software - TTT502.ZIP 5.02 SCAN - McAffee Associates - SCANV72.ZIP The Rest ──────── AutoScan is distributed under the Shareware concept, and you are given a LIMITED contract to use AutoScan. You may use it free of charge for a period of THIRTY (30) DAYS, and then you must register it. There is a registration fee of $10.00 US dollars ($15.00 Canadian) which will entitle you to the next version of AutoScan. See REGISTER.NOW for more details. A lot of work has gone into creating this program, and if you would like to see it continue, please contribute. The author shall not be held responsible for any hardware or software damage associated. You are using this program at your own risk. You are NOT allowed to distribute this program for any money, but are able to distribute it for fee but only for the amount of the disk and/or the price of postage. Final Word ────────── Thank you to everyone who helped out with the nasty task of debugging this thing...THANKS! THANKS! THANKS!... Thanks to Eric Boehm for putting the seed to this program in my head and testing many different versions in the same day! Thanks to all those in the Pascal Echo who help me with some of the stranger points in this program. You can always find me in there! Thanks to Josh for help with these docs.. My Beta testers: Josh Linder, Rich Lowenburg, Bob Moravsik (The infamous!!!) and Eric Boehm and all the others who moaned about the Runtime Error 5 and 6 of Version 2.0!. Where to find me ──────────────── Somewhere in the FidoNet Pascal Echo, Virus Echo and the Virus Info Echo. or at: /\/\ountainTop Technologies 91 Sage Ct. Bedminster, NJ 07921 USA ATTN:Nick Tucker If you have access to FidoNet Mail I can be reached at 1:269/583.1 Thanks for using AutoScan and /\/\ountainTop Technologies !!