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- HyperText VSUM X9710 READ_ME.1ST
-
- With the June, 1991 release, the Virus Information Summary List
- was converted from its original ASCII list format into a custom,
- hypertext database format. With the new format, the product name was
- been changed to HyperText VSUM. The previous ASCII list product has
- been discontinued, and will no longer be updated.
-
- The December 1992 release of HyperText VSUM includes a new
- version of the driver program, VSUM.EXE, and the database file name has
- changed from VSUMX.H! to VSUMX.XDB. Be sure to delete any old VSUMX.H!
- files after you install this HyperText VSUM version as the old hypertext
- database .H! files are not compatible with the new driver program.
-
- Why the change to a hypertext database? The original ASCII format
- had become extremely large and unwieldy, it was difficult for most
- people to effectively use. Printing also had become a problem unless one
- had a very high speed laser printer. More importantly, the information
- presented in the ASCII version was never really intended to be read
- sequentially as a book, but instead to be a reference book or
- encyclopedia.
-
- The hypertext database version, HyperText VSUM, solves
- these problems. There is no longer a need to print out the entire
- document in order to be able to quickly locate a virus entry. Individual
- virus entries, once selected by the user, can be printed by pressing
- F4. HyperText VSUM also supports direct links between related
- viruses and their individual virus entries. The Common Name Cross
- Reference from the ASCII version has been linked to allow direct access to
- the virus entries by the common names. Four additional cross references
- were initially added in the Appendices section: Length Cross-Reference and
- Origin Cross-Reference on the Appendices menu, as well as Boot Sector
- Infectors and Stealth & Sub-Stealth Viruses via the Viral Type
- Cross-Reference selection on the Appendices menu. Additional cross-
- references have been added as well, also located on the Appendices menu.
- Virus entry format information can be found on the Appendices menu under
- the selection "Virus Entry Fields".
-
- HyperText VSUM is easy to use. Unzip your distribution file into
- a directory on your hard disk, using PKUnZip version 2.04. Once unzipped,
- type VSUM at the system prompt and press enter. The logo screen for
- HyperText VSUM will be displayed. Press any key or the right mouse button
- to go to the Main Menu. Pressing F1 will then present display of keyboard
- commands which are used within the program. Individual entries or
- pages in HyperText VSUM can be printed on device PRN by pressing F5 while
- displaying the page or entry.
-
- You can change the default printing device within HyperText VSUM
- from the Configuration Menu (press ALT+C once you are in HyperText VSUM).
- The display colors used by HyperText VSUM can be altered from this same
- configuration menu. Any change to the default configuration will result
- in a XVIEW.INI file being created in your current directory. It is highly
- suggested that users backup the VSUM.EXE program on a diskette and write-
- protect it. If you should become infected, it ensures a clean copy to
- recover from.
-
- Users of HyperText VSUM with monochrome systems may need to alter
- the configuration of HyperText VSUM in order to be able to properly view
- the displays. In order to force the system to black and white mode, enter
- the following seven keystrokes from the main menu:
-
- ALT-C
- Enter Key
- Down Arrow
- Down Arrow
- Enter
- ALT-C
- S
-
- If you are a user of any of the programs in the Central Point Anti-
- Virus Product Line, the Microsoft Anti-Virus program, or any heuristic
- scanning program, please be sure to read the "A word from Patricia..."
- section in HyperText VSUM regarding possible false positive detections
- which may occur on the VALIDATE program included in this archive.
-
- The McAfee Associates' public domain VALIDATE program and its
- documentation has been included with the VSUMX distribution file,
- VSUMX710.ZIP. The Validate values for the VSUM engine and the VSUMX
- database are:
-
- File Name: VSUM.EXE File Name: VSUMX.XDB
- Size: 76,723 Size: 3,165,930
- Date: 9-14-1993 Date: 10-31-1997
- Check Method 1: E426 Check Method 1: 9201
- Check Method 2: 0698 Check Method 2: 0BD9
-
- If the values returned by Validate with your copy of HyperText VSUM
- do not match the above, do not execute it as the program or database has
- been altered.
-
- Additionally, VSUMX710.ZIP has been archived with PKZip version 2.04g
- though without the verification feature previously used for VSUM releases
- archived with PKZip version 1.10. This change results in a substantially
- smaller distribution file.
-
- As of August 15, 1996, the current version of HyperText VSUM is
- available on the World Wide Web at HTTP://WWW.VSUM.COM.
-
- Patricia M. Hoffman Tel: 1-408-988-3773
- 3333 Bowers Ave Suite 130 Fax: 1-408-988-2438
- Santa Clara, CA 95054 WWW: http://www.vsum.com/
- U.S.A. Email: VSUM@IJS.COM
-