°±² Virus Scanning Help ²±° To move through this help file, use the Page Up and Page Down keys, as well as the up and down arrow keys. Press ESC to exit. To use the scanner: From the main menu, select a drive letter, "Help", or "Quit" in the gray window, by using the cursor keys to highlight your choice, and the ENTER key to select that option. If your machine only has one floppy disk drive, that drive is "A:". If you are uncertain of what drive the disk you are using is in, please ask your support personnel. If you do not have a floppy disk to scan, select QUIT, and the scanner will exit. Be aware that upon entering the virus scanner, the computer's memory was scanned. Basically, this means your machine is clear from viruses when you go to check your disks. Computer Viruses are usually spread from floppy disks to uninfected computers, which from then on can infect other disks which are used in the now infected machine. What this means is, if you don't scan your disks regularly, you are risking YOUR data, as well as the integrity of the machine you are using. A good rule of thumb is scan every disk you want to use in a machine once per session; that is, if you use the same disk in the same machine, and you can guarantee no one else has used that computer since you last did, you can be pretty certain there aren't any new viruses lurking about in the system. If you aren't sure, it never hurts to scan your disks, as an infected disk may mean lost work. If you find a virus on a disk, this scanner will automatically attempt to remove the infection and save your data. If the scanner is NOT able to remove a discovered virus, you will be notified, and you should contact your support personnel. If you find a virus on ANY of your floppy disks, even if it was a removable virus, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO SCAN ALL OF THE DISKS YOU HAVE USED RECENTLY.... You're probably spreading viruses otherwise. °±² About the Scanner ²±° This virus scanner interface was written by Mark Hazen, of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, at the University of Georgia. If you have comments or suggestions, please mail them to: mhazen@fcs.uga.edu This is revision 2.04 of this software. This scanner uses F-Prot as its scanning engine. Upon finding a virus, the software notifies your network supervisors that a virus was found, and whether or not it was removable. If your support staff feels your virus problem justifies a followup call or letter, you will be notified as soon as someone can attend to your problem. (Press ESC to exit this help page)