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VIRUSZ II REVISION HISTORY
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1.45 Changes/Additions since 1.44:
- This is the FINAL version of VirusZ II. I stop development here.
Maybe someone else is interested in continueing my work?
- This version is built from v1.40, with all the fixes mentioned
below. The reason for this extra work is simply the fact that
I don't want to spread my own new GUI system used in VirusZ III.
As this was partially implemented in versions since v1.41, I had
to go back to v1.40 and re-implement the newer fixes.
- The protection code has been removed, this version is not crypted.
It's again that I don't want to release this mechanism to the
public as it's used in VirusZ III and xvs.library too.
1.44 Changes/Additions since 1.43:
- Added XVS version string to about request just like in VZ III.
Debugging is easier that way, idea by Jan Andersen.
- Changed status to FREEWARE for the near future.
1.43 Changes/Additions since 1.42:
- Just another small bug fix to make the old program usable.
1.42 Changes/Additions since 1.41:
- Replaced call to 'C:Delete' in archive checker with an internal
routine that does the same. This is much safer. Thanks to Dirk
Stöcker for the piece of code.
- Moved ALL virus support code to 'xvs.library'. This had mainly
two reasons:
a. the main program gets smaller and thus easier to deal with.
b. the library is a standard shared library and may be used by
any other applications as well!!
1.41 Changes/Additions since 1.40:
- Fixed bug in device scanner. Thanks to John Marchant for the
report.
1.40 Changes/Additions since 1.39:
- Fixed bug in startup code that must have been in there for a long
time. This one may have caused some of the problems in the past.
- Fixed recognition for Addy 0.99 Installer file and Glasnost boot.
Thanks to Jan Andersen, Dave Jones, Bert Jahn and the others for
the reports.
- Added recognition for ScareCrow trojan. Thanks to Jan Andersen.
- Fixed recognition for Bokor 1.05 and added Bokor 1.01, Bokor 1.06
and Bokor 1.1 linkviruses. Thanks to Dave Jones and Jan Andersen
for sending them.
- Added HitchHiker 4.23 and HNY Clone. Thanks to Jan again.
- Added Elbereth 1+2, Elbereth 3 + Installer, Elbereth 4, Disnomia
and Poland linkviruses.
- Finally I have a little surprise for you: The totally new VirusZ
preferences program. It's still in beta-state, but only to let
you test the GUI on your machines. I did my very best to keep out
any illegal hacks from the size/position calculation code.
If anything interferes with my GUI on your Amiga, please let me
know or send me the responsible software/patch.
I NEED FEEDBACK before I add the new graphic routines to VirusZ
itself and remove the prefs from VirusZ. Until then, VirusZ will
look as it does now.
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After another 8 exams in July, I'm finally back home. This update is just to
be up-to-date with the viruses, but I'm already working on something new for
VirusZ. Be prepared!
1.39 Changes/Additions since 1.38:
- Added new viruses: Bokor 1.05, IO4-Invi Trojan, VMK 3.00 Fake 2,
Xtruder 3.5 Trojan and BEOL 4 + Installer. Thanks to Jan Andersen
and others for sending them. Unfortunately I couldn't create a
working copy of BEOL 4, the file detection should be safe anyway,
but there's no memory removal code at the moment.
As I get reports from time to time: There seems to be some bug in the file
check, but it never appears on my machine. Directly after selecting the
files to be checked, VirusZ freezes. I've looked through my sourcecode again
and again, but I really don't find a bug. Sorry to Julie Hall and all the
others, but I'm currently not able to find the reason for your problems.
I'll keep on searching...
Another problem is the support for ZIP archives. Charlene McNulty wrote to
me that VirusZ doesn't extract zip archives, and all I can say is: yes, you
are right! I've tried all different settings including the one that works
perfectly from Shell (Unzip -qqo %F -d %p), but when started from VirusZ,
Unzip doesn't work. I'll try to check this out until the next release.
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1.38 Changes/Additions since 1.37:
- Added Hitchhiker 4.11 virus. Thanks to Jan Andersen for sending
this beast.
- Fixed recognition code for Illegal Access. This routine sometimes
recognized uninfected files as virus. Thanks to Dave Jones for
the example file.
- Added another copy of BootShop virus. Thanks to Dave Jones again.
- Added FA58B1EF virus. Thanks to Bruno Clastre for sending me that
stuff.
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I've written 8 exams in March, that's why this update took such a long time.
Sorry for the delay and thanks for waiting ;-)
1.37 Changes/Additions since 1.36:
- Added new viruses: Happy New Year 97 and CygnusEd 4.0 Fake. Thanks
to Jan Andersen for sending them.
- Added new viruses: Akimo and WECH. Thanks to Markus Schmall for
sending them.
- Added additional filter mechanism to the device detection code
to avoid problems with CD-ROM drives. These should not appear
any longer in the bootblock lab. Thanks to Jan Andersen for the
report about his drive.
- Rewritten file check code to check data files for viruses too.
There appeared a macro virus called 'SexGuide' which I've added.
This might not have been the last...
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Actually, version 1.36 should become the XMAS '96 release, but as I had so
many other things to do, this is the first version in 1997. Another year
has gone by and I'd like to thank all folks out there that supported me
through the last year(s) with new stuff and money. At this place I'd also
like to thank Jan Andersen and his family for sending that nice Xmas
postcard. I wish all of you out there the very best for this new year 1997
and I wish all you virus-coders out there the worst nightmares ever dreamed
by any human being!!
1.36 Changes/Additions since 1.35:
- Added new viruses: HD Protect 6.24, COP 15, Trust No-One 1-3.
Thanks to Jan Hendrik Lots for sending those beasts.
- Finally implemented the bootblock brain!!! After 3 years of
laziness in this point I managed to code all the necessary stuff
to get the brain working. Now VirusZ can learn all your custom
bootblocks and will no longer report them as unknown.
See details in the guide at the 'Misc Prefs' chapter and in the
'Bootblock Lab' section. All formerly disabled buttons are now
fully working.
- New distribution site: 'The Realm' is dead, from now on call the
'Army Shop'. Don't panic, same number, same sysop ;-)
- Added sort mechanism to brain editor and fixed problems with
delete function.
- Added new device detection code that finds all usable devices
itself and therefore removed 'Devices' from 'Misc Prefs'. Now all
mounted sector-based drives will be scanned automatically.
I've tested this routine with SCSI/IDE HDs, SyQuest and CD-ROM
and it worked fine. Please let me know if it doesn't work properly
on your system.
- Added menu item 'Update Devices' to refresh the device list after
mounting some new drives (eg. SyQuest, CD-ROM etc.).
- Added two new options to the Background prefs: 'Check All Drives
On Update' and 'Report Known Bootblocks'. The first option makes
VirusZ rescan all disks after 'Update Devices', the second option
enables the report of bootblocks included in the brain by the
background check.
- Added possibility to go to Vector Check and Boot Lab directly from
the background checker if something unusual has been detected.
This feature was already implemented a few years ago but has been
removed after rewriting the background code. So now I hope