
                  ۱ ۱   ۱  ۱  ۱ 
                  ۱      ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱
                  ۱ ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱  
                       ۱ ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱
                  ۱ ۱  ۱  ۱ ۱  ۱  ۱
               
                               System Boot Areas
                                   Antivirus

                                  Version 3.01
                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
                     Copyright (C) 1996-97 by Nicola Ferri
===========================================================================

Topics:

1) What is SBABR ?
2) Version 3.01 installation
3) Status
4) End notes
5) Contact


1) WHAT IS SBABR ?
==================

SBABR is a fast 100% assembly Antivirus to intercept and remove all the boot
viruses that might infect your system, and an anti-crash utility that
will save hours of work in case of a system failure.

SBABR makes the backups of all your computer system areas and performs
several integrity tests in order to protect your machine:

Floppy Boot Sector     Back up/Restore
Hard Disk Boot Sector  Back up/Restore
MBR (Partition)        Back up/Restore
CMOS Data              Back up/Restore
Track Zero             Back up/Restore

At boot up, SBABR performs its integrity tests: MBR (Drives C: and D:)
Boot Sector, Track Zero, CMOS and Memory are carefully examined and any boot
virus that could have infected your system is detected. No way for the virus
to escape: the SBABR integrity tests are proven to be an unbeatable trap
against any known and unknown boot virus.

SBABR performs the integrity tests at every computer startup, but it's not
TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) so it won't use system memory and won't
create any conflict with TSR applications.

SBABR is also an MBR/Boot Sector viewer, decryptor, system cleaner and much
more. Please refer to the internal documentation for details.


2) VERSION 3.01 INSTALLATION
============================

This new version 3.01 provides an automatic Setup utility that will
configure everything for you. If you're upgrading from a previous version
remove from the AUTOEXEC.BAT the string to run SbaBoot since Setup will
add it automatically.

The following is the step by step explanation to install SBABR using the
automatic Setup:

A) Quit Windows and exit to DOS, or open a DOS shell under Windows.

B) Run INSTALL.EXE, it will uncompress the software on your drive.
   It is recommended that you choose the default installation directory
   C:\SBABR
   If you prefer a different installation directory simply type in the
   new path, but it must be on the C: drive. SBABR is specifically
   designed to run from the C: (and floppy A:) drive from where it will
   take care of your whole system.

   If you're upgrading from a previous version you can install version 3.01
   to the same SBABR directory: the new files will overwrite the old ones.

C) The software is now unpacked on your drive, a blue screen with some
   usage guidelines is now displayed. Press ESC to quit the document.

D) Now you're prompted to press <return> to start SBABR or ESC to quit
   to DOS. Press <return> and the SBABR Launcher will be executed: it will
   detect a non complete SBABR installation and prompt you to continue.
   Press Y (upper or lowercase doesn't matter) to continue.

E) Now type 'setup' (without quotes) to run the automatic Setup utility.

Now SBABR is correctly installed and it's ready to protect your system.


3) STATUS
=========

SBABR 3.01 is released as SHAREWARE. It is not Freeware or Public Domain.
SBABR is Copyright (C) 1996-97 by Nicola Ferri.

You may use this shareware copy for an evaluation period up to 30 days in
order to determine whether the program meets your needs before registering
it. Once the evaluation period ends you agree to either register the
program or to stop using it.

You may make copies of the Shareware version to give to others (ftp sites,
bbs', friends etc..) as long as you distribute the unaltered archive you
originally received. No version renumeration may be accepted.

Please refer to:

LICENCE.TXT......Licence Terms and Conditions
REGISTER.TXT.....How to Register
WHATUGET.TXT.....What you get when you register the program


4) END NOTES
============

SBABR version 3.01 uses a different format to store the CMOS data.
Nothing is different for the end user, but for internal analysis a new
format is now used. If you're upgrading from version 2.11 or earlier
releases you must refresh your CMOS backup either on the hard drive and
floppy: the programs now need a file produced by this version to work
correctly.

All the documentation files as well as the programs are inside the compressed
archive. Run INSTALL.EXE to uncompress the package. The main files that
you ought to read are:

MANUAL.DOC..........SBABR User Manual (Microsoft Word format)
SBABR.DOC...........SBABR User Manual (ASCII)
INSTALL.DOC.........Installation instruction

Some of the most important topics can be found as separate ASCII files.


5) CONTACT
==========

Nicola Ferri
n.ferri@agora.stm.it
http://www.agora.stm.it/htbin/wwx?fi^N.Ferri
