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- ;VirusDetective®: How to Protect HyperCard Stacks from Viruses
- ;Copyright © 1992 Shulman Software Co. all rights reserved
- ;
- ;
- ;written by Jeffrey S. Shulman
- ;
- ;owned and distributed by Shulman Software Co.
- ;Address: 1111 W. El Camino Real, Suite 109MAC, Sunnyvale, CA 94087-1057 USA
- ;Phone: 408/245-1890
- ;FAX: 408/245-1891
- ;
- ;Office hours: Mon - Fri 9am-6pm (Pacific Time)
- ;Technical support: Mon - Fri 6pm-9pm; Sat & Sun 11am-9pm
- ;
- ;Electronic addresses:
- ; AppleLink: KILROY
- ; Compuserve: 76136,667
- ; GEnie: KILROY
- ; America OnLine: KILROY7
- ; Delphi: JEFFS
- ;
- ;
- ;This file is to tell you that a search string exists that can protect your HyperCard
- ;stacks from getting infected with viruses. Since this search string is NOT located
- ;in the regular search string list, we will tell you where you can find this special
- ;search string as well. It’ll also say how to add the search string to your existing
- ;list of search strings, and how to remove the search string from the list of search
- ;strings.
- ;
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
- ;
- ;TABLE OF CONTENTS…
- ;
- ;A) What the Search String for HyperCard Stacks Does;
- ;B) Where the Search String is Stored;
- ;C) How to Add the Search String to Your Existing List of Search Strings;
- ;D) How to Remove the Search String From Your List of Search Strings (and Why You
- ;Might Want to Remove It In the First Place);
- ;E) What the HyperCard Search String Is.
- ;
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
- ;
- ;A) WHAT THE SEARCH STRING FOR HYPERCARD STACKS DOES…
- ;
- ;This search string is designed to detect attempts to set the script of HyperCard
- ;“Home” stacks. The search string will catch the currently known HyperCard viruses
- ;and affords protection against anticipated, FUTURE HyperCard viruses.
- ;
- ;NOTE: Due to the very nature of HyperTalk, the HyperCard scripting language, please
- ;be informed that this search string is NOT infallible ! Also, if your “Home” stack is
- ;not named “Home”, then change the characters HOME within the search string to
- ;whatever it was your home stack is.
- ;
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
- ;
- ;B) WHERE THE SEARCH STRING IS LOCATED…
- ;
- ;In that the HyperCard search string search is fairly time-consuming, and not
- ;everyone uses HyperCard, the search string is NOT located in the standard list but
- ;is located at the bottom of this file.
- ;
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
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- ;C) HOW TO ADD THE SEARCH STRING TO YOUR EXISTING LIST OF SEARCH STRINGS…
- ;
- ;To add the HyperCard search string to your existing list of search strings, do the
- ;following:
- ; 1) Open the VirusDetective® desk accessory;
- ; 2) Click the “Search Strings” button;
- ; 3) Notice the “Read from File” button – don’t click it yet. When you hold
- ;down the Option key, the “Read from File” button changes to the “Append to List”
- ;button. Now you can click the “Append to List” button.
- ; 4) A directory dialog box will appear. Select THIS file (VD HyperCard Search
- ;String) from the file list and open it;
- ; 5) Scroll to the bottom of the search string list to verify the new string is
- ;there;
- ; 6) Click the “Save” button which will close the search strings dialog box
- ;and save the new search string set.
- ;
- ;If you accidentally REPLACE all the search strings (by NOT holding down the Option
- ;key to select “Append from File”), just click the “Cancel” button; do NOT save your
- ;changes; then start over.
- ;
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
- ;
- ;D) HOW TO REMOVE THE SEARCH STRING FROM YOUR LIST OF SEARCH STRINGS (AND
- ;WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO REMOVE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE)…
- ;
- ;When you are finished scanning your HyperCard stacks, you may want remove the
- ;HyperCard search string by first highlighting the HyperCard string in the search
- ;strings dialog box and then clicking the “Remove” button.
- ;
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
- ;
- ;E) WHAT THE HYPERCARD SEARCH STRING IS…
- ;
- ;The search string is:
- ;
- Filetype=STAK & dataFork & Data "SET"[%"THE"]"SCRIPT"%"OF"%"STACK"%#1"Home" ; For finding suspicious HC stacks
- ;
- ; _________
- ;
- ; - the end -
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