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- Central Point Anti-Virus for DOS Version 2.0
-
- This file contains information that is not in the manual or has changed
- since the manual was printed. Please take a moment to read it.
-
-
- SIGNATURE UPDATES AND OTHER CENTRAL POINT PROGRAMS
-
- Signature updates improve the virus-detection capability of other
- Central Point Software programs that have virus-detection features
- (Central Point Backup, DiskFix, and Commute). However, the virus
- signatures used by Central Point Anti-Virus Version 2.0 are not
- compatible with these Central Point programs. Signatures using the
- previous format will still be available on CompuServe and Central Point
- Software's BBS.
-
-
- INSTALL OPTIONS
-
- After you perform the initial installation, you can complete the
- following procedures from the directory where Install is located (by
- default, C:\CPAV) on your hard disk drive:
- * Creating an emergency disk
- * Changing Anti-Virus options
- * Creating a custom installation or installation set
-
-
- USING STACKER AND MAKING AN EMERGENCY DISK
-
- When you make an emergency disk, you might get a message that the
- process cannot be completed. If so, Install detected that you have
- Stacker loaded and are swapping drive designators. When you make an
- emergency disk under these circumstances, the boot area of the hard
- disk drive is swapped. However, when you boot your computer from your
- emergency disk, you need one that boots without loading Stacker and
- swapping drives. To create one, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Create a formatted, bootable floppy disk in drive A.
- Type
- FORMAT A: /S and press Enter
-
- 2. Copy BOOTSAFE.EXE to the floppy disk.
- Change to the C:\CPAV directory and type
- COPY BOOTSAFE.EXE A:
-
- 3. Restart your computer and boot from the floppy disk in
- drive A.
-
- 4. From drive A, type
- BOOTSAFE C: /M
-
- 5. Choose Yes to save an image of the partition table to the floppy
- disk in drive A.
-
- 6. Write-protect the floppy disk, place a label on it, and store it
- in a safe place.
-
-
- SCHEDULING ANTI-VIRUS SCANS
-
- If you manually install the scheduler TSR (CPSCHED.EXE), make sure you
- add the full path to the program (C:\CPAV\CPSCHED) and that you run it
- from the same directory as the SCHEDULE.EXE program. If you have
- Install add CPSCHED to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file for you, this has been
- done.
-
- PC Tools for DOS Users
-
- To schedule Central Point Anti-Virus 2.0 scans along with your other PC
- Tools events, delete the CPSCHED.EXE and SCHEDULE.EXE files from the
- CPAV directory. Then start Scheduler from the PC Tools directory and
- add the full path to Central Point Anti-Virus 2.0 in the Event text box
- (C:\CPAV\CPAV.EXE). Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and change the CPSCHED
- line to include the full path to the PCTOOLS directory
- (C:\PCTOOLS\CPSCHED).
-
- PC Tools for Windows Users
-
- To schedule Central Point Anti-Virus 2.0 events using Scheduler in PC
- Tools for Windows, follow the instructions for importing a file found
- in the Scheduler chapter of the PC Tools for Windows manual.
-
-
- SCANNING NETWORK SERVERS
-
- When scanning a network server from the command line (using /N or /P),
- you get no visual indicator when the program is mapping the directory
- structure and it may appear locked. Since network drives tend to be
- large, they take longer to process.
-
-
- COMPATIBILITY NOTES
-
- Packard Bell Mouse Users
-
- The Packard Bell mouse driver version 4.0 is not fully compatible with
- the Microsoft mouse driver (version 6.14 or later). Use the Microsoft
- mouse driver (often provided with Windows) with this mouse.
-
- Speedstar 24X Video Board Users
-
- The 24XMODE.COM file changes each time it is executed. To prevent
- verification alerts each time the driver is run, add this file to your
- Verification Exceptions list.
-
- Disk-Compression Software
-
- When scanning drives that have been compressed with the
- disk-compression utility SuperStor from AddStor, turn off the
- Anti-Stealth option. On such compressed volumes, files are compressed
- and decompressed dynamically, which results in their checksums not
- matching. You may get unreliable verification errors.
-
- DOS 6 DoubleSpace Users
-
- To make a Central Point Anti-Virus emergency disk, you must first
- create a bootable, formatted floppy disk, and then create a CONFIG.SYS
- file on the emergency disk that contains the following statement:
-
- SHELL=A:\COMMAND.COM
-
-
- QEMM or 386MAX
-
- Some problems have been detected when loading VSafe and using the
- SQUEEZE option in QEMM or the FLEXFRAME option in 386MAX. For best
- results, do not use either of these options if you are loading VSafe.
-
- If Install detects that you are using QEMM, it adds the /L option to
- VSAfe or VWatch, which forces them to use conventional memory instead
- of automatically loading into upper memory blocks (UMBs). If you want
- to use UMBs after installing VSafe or VWatch, remove the /L option
- before optimizing memory with QEMM.
-
- If you get the message "386MAX VxD error V1014: Disk Cache or other
- file IO software using EMS memory" when using VSafe with 386MAX, load
- VSafe using the /NE option.
-
- VSafe and Other TSRs
-
- If you have VSafe loaded with the Resident Warning option (2) on, you
- might receive an error when another memory-resident program loads. If
- you choose Stop, the system might lock. Choose Continue to complete the
- startup process, then edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and turn off the
- Resident Warning option (2-).
-
- Generally, the only reason for not using the VSafe default options is
- if you think your system might be infected with a virus. If this is the
- case, boot your system from your write-protected emergency disk. Follow
- the instructions in the manual for using the emergency disk.
-
- VSafe and DESQview
-
- VSafe does not display a warning when you are running a DOS program in
- graphics mode (such as DESQview); instead, an alarm sounds and the
- action stops. Exit from the program and run Central Point Anti-Virus to
- verify the integrity of files.
-
- DOS Shell Users
-
- If you are using the DOS Shell program in graphics mode when a
- scheduled Anti-Virus scan begins, the screen fonts will not be drawn
- correctly. When you return to the DOS Shell, choose Repaint Screen from
- the View menu to redraw the display. To run Central Point Anti-Virus
- from the DOS Shell without this problem, run the DOS Shell in text
- mode.
-
- Banyan Vines Network Users
-
- If you want to use VSafe on Banyan Vines network workstations, load
- VSafe after the network drivers.
-