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                  THE VIRUS BOOT DETECTOR 2.6

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The  VBD (The Virus Boot Detector) v2.6 is a multi-purpose virus killer
able  to  find  and  remove  any  type  of virus.  It can also learn or
analyse  new  types of bootblocks.  VBD has a personal bank (within the
main   program)  that  contains  more  than  800  known  programs,  and
optionally uses a learn file (found in the 'S' directory).

Programmer: Cheveau Frédéric, member of the SHI Antivirus group.

FEATURES:

- Written in 100% Assembler for faster running.
- User-friendly (Mouse, Gadgets, Menus, Keyboard!).
- GUI (Graphical User Interface).
- Works with Reqtools.library (©Nico François).
- Can be configured with preferences (Save function for Prefs).
- Can be personalised with your own samples.
- Evolutionary structure with the 'Learn Menu' (Learns new boots).
- Detect some unknown viruses that are not recognised nowadays.
- Can recognise more than 800 different programs.
- Automatic virus detection by analysing the whole disk.
- Analyse bootblock function to detect unknown viruses (Expert System).
- Reproduction counters showed (when it's possible!).
- Complete memory scanning and persistent clean memory test.
- May execute bootblocks without needed to reboot your Amiga.
- Able to destroy viruses on disks, boots, and memory.
- Configuration Amiga and current status function implemented.
- Help gadget to explain the main functions on-line.
- Display ASCII or hexadecimal bootblock.
- Can Disable Trackdisk.device when executing bootblock loaders.
- Possibility of aborting action in each requester.
- French and English documentation (you read it!).
- Multitasking supported when running from the CLI.
- Iconify function.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                25822   38868  66.4% -lh5- 2f71 Oct  8  2000 Libs/reqtools.library
[generic]                18732   25222  74.3% -lh5- 578c Oct  2  1993 S/VBD.boot.spl
[generic]                 4143    8009  51.7% -lh5- 445d Feb 26  1992 S/VBD.lea
[generic]                 9945   13435  74.0% -lh5- 991c Feb 26  1992 S/VBD.unknown.spl
[generic]                  390    1149  33.9% -lh5- 01e0 Feb 26  1992 Install
[generic]                  993    4664  21.3% -lh5- 4b5b Feb 26  1992 Install.info
[generic]                10438   28011  37.3% -lh5- 61ca Sep  4  1994 VBD.English.Doc
[generic]                 1603    5127  31.3% -lh5- 4958 Feb 26  1992 VBD.English.Doc.info
[generic]                12001   35754  33.6% -lh5- 854c Sep  4  1994 VBD.English.Guide
[generic]                  744    4658  16.0% -lh5- 39f4 Feb 26  1992 VBD.English.Guide.info
[generic]                33064   33064 100.0% -lh0- 4c9a Feb 26  1992 VBD_v2.6
[generic]                 1483    4874  30.4% -lh5- a256 Feb 26  1992 VBD_v2.6.info
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 Total        12 files  119358  202835  58.8%            Oct  6  1994