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VIRUS KILLER V1.4
The TUC Virus Killer now recognises the following boot
sectors:
DEMOS:
ULM Dark Side of the Spoon (Megademo)
European Demos (both disks)
TLB - Life's a Bitch!
STE Presentation Demo
The B.I.G Demo
VIRUS PROTECTORS:
My TUC Anti-Virus boot
My TUC Anti-Virus boot (Prerelease Version)
My Decorative boot
My Immunisation
Other Immunisation (Mug & possibly others)
Mad Vision Protector
Now 5 Boot
Medway Boys Protector II
Mega Colours Bars Boot
Viruses:
Ghost
Using the Virus Killer:
When the Killer has loaded, the title screen (drawn by
The Spy) will appear. Now press a key. If your computer has a
virus in memory, it will attempt to kill it. If this occurs
you will be informed, as it may cause errors on some TOS
versions. This is because it involves rewriting an address
from the operating system into a system variable. As the
address is different on different versions, I have had to
search through the O.S. to find it. This works on my TOS
version, but I have not yet tried it on others (I have
version 1.62). It should be fairly safe, but if you want to
be sure then switch off or reset (you can reset now because
the reset resident part of the virus has been killed). If
your computer is virus free then the menu will appear.
The menu presents you with four options:
1....Check disk
2....Write anti-virus boot
3....Write decorative boot
Esc....Quit
The first option will examine the boot sector of the disk
currently in drive A. If it recognises the boot it will tell
you what it is. If it sees the ghost virus, it will warn you.
If it does not recognise the boot, but it does detect that it
is executable then it will also tell you, as it could be a
virus. In any of these situations, you will be given the
option to kill the boot, and leave my anti-virus immunisation
in its place. You should not kill a demo or game executable
boot (unless you have a good reason to do so) as this will
almost certainly corrupt it. If the boot is not identified
then make sure you know what it is before killing it - again:
don't kill it if it's part of a game or demo. If the boot is
not executable then it is not an active virus, and so you're
probably safe, but is wouldn't hurt to immunise it, or write
a protector to it, anyway.
Immunisation: this is supposed to keep out some viruses,
but not all. I am pretty sure it doesn't work with Ghost.
The second option allows you to write my anti-virus boot
sector to the disk in drive A. This boot warns you if there
is a virus in memory by flashing the screen red/orange and
waiting for you to switch off the computer. This will also
prevent some viruses (not Ghost) from infecting the disk.
Once again, do not write this (or any other boot) over a boot
sector which is required for a demo or game.
The third option writes my decorative boot onto the disk in
drive A. This displays a TUC logo with scrolling colours
whenever you boot the disk. It does not detect viruses,
although it may prevent some from infecting the disk.
That's about all there is to say about it. As I said before,
as far as I know it is safe, but I accept no responsibility
if you loose any data through the use of the Virus Killer.
Note:
I have tested the virus-in-memory killing routines on the
following TOS versions:
1.62 (Mine)
1.98 (The Alchemist's)
I am therefore sure that it is safe on these versions. It is
probably safeon all versions, but if you get the message
telling you that a virus in memory has been killed, then it
would be a good idea to test that it'sworking ok by writing a
boot sector to an unimportant disk.
-THE CONSUL- (TUC)
August 1991