McAfee AVDCDE-BA-CA User Guide - Page 29
The SendVirus utility, The Emergency Disk creation utility, Command-line scanners
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About VirusScan Software • The SendVirus utility. This component gives you an easy and painless way to submit files that you believe are infected directly to McAfee anti-virus researchers. A simple wizard guides you as you choose files to submit, include contact details and, if you prefer, strip out any personal or confidential data from document files. See "Using the SendVirus utility to submit a file sample" on page 76 for details. • The Emergency Disk creation utility. This essential utility helps you to create a floppy disk that you can use to boot your computer into a virus-free environment, then scan essential system areas to remove any viruses that could load at startup. See "Using the Emergency Disk Creation utility" on page 49 for details. • Command-line scanners. This component consists of a set of full-featured scanners you can use to run targeted scan operations from the MS-DOS Prompt or Command Prompt windows, or from protected MS-DOS mode. The set includes: - SCAN.EXE, a scanner for 32-bit environments only. This is the primary command-line interface. When you run this file, it first checks its environment to see whether it can run by itself. If your computer is running in 16-bit or protected mode, it will transfer control to one of the other scanners. - SCANPM.EXE, a scanner for 16- and 32-bit environments. This scanner provides you with a full set of scanning options for 16- and 32-bit protected-mode DOS environments. It also includes support for extended memory and flexible memory allocations. SCAN.EXE will transfer control to this scanner when its specialized capabilities can enable your scan operation to run more efficiently. - SCAN86.EXE, a scanner for 16-bit environments only. This scanner includes a limited set of capabilities geared to 16-bit environments. SCAN.EXE will transfer control to this scanner if your computer is running in 16-bit mode, but without special memory configurations. - BOOTSCAN.EXE, a smaller, specialized scanner for use primarily with the Emergency Disk utility. This scanner ordinarily runs from a floppy disk you create to provide you with a virus-free boot environment. When you run the Emergency Disk creation wizard, VirusScan software copies BOOTSCAN.EXE, and a specialized set of .DAT files to a single floppy disk. BOOTSCAN.EXE will not detect or clean macro viruses, but it will detect or clean other viruses that can jeopardize your VirusScan software installation or infect files at system startup. Once you identify and respond to those viruses, you can safely run VirusScan software to clean the rest of your system. User's Guide 29