AUTOVIRI


NOTE: This program requires the use of PKUNZIP and SCAN to run.


SETUP:
Let's get right down to business first, we'll explain how to setup autoviri
first and explain how it works later.

	First make an entry in your event.bat file if you have one. Autoviri
needs specific command line arguments, so you will need to have an event.bat
file to use autoviri.
	Enter in the form:
					AUTOVIRI [path1] [path2] 

				EXAMPLE: AUTOVIRI A:\ C:\WWIV

	All pathnames must be valid pathnames, and be separated by a space.

        PATH1 - This is the drive or directory where you wish to have your
	zip files decompressed and scanned. Autoviri will erase all decompressed
	files in this directory when it's finished scanning them, so this
	directory must not contain any files. If there are files there, or
	this is an invalid pathname Autoviri will simply abort.

	EXAMPLE: A:\ (If you use a floppy drive be sure to insert a blank
	formatted disk in the drive)


        PATH2 - This is where your copy of CHAIN.TXT is. Autoviri uses some
	information from this file. It is usually in your main bbs directory.
	EXAMPLE: C:\WWIV (If you look here you will find a file called chain.txt)


Now that you have entered the correct information in your event.bat file,
copy AUTOVIRI.EXE and DIRS.TXT to your main bbs directory.

	DIRS.TXT is where you must enter the directories that you want
	AUTOVIRI.EXE to scan for zipped files. You must enter the full path
	name of any upload directory you add to your bbs if you want autoviri
	to search it. Don't worry about deleting directories from the list,
	autoviri will will delete any entry it finds that no longer exist.
		A copy of DIRS.TXT has already been provided as an example how
		to make entries in this file. Autoviri will scan up to 64 directories.
		As you can see you must include the full pathname. This file must
		reside in the same directory as AUTOVIRI.EXE.




	Also autoviri will only scan one file each time the program is run.
	If you want you can install it as a door also, and you can run it
	as many times as you want. I would suggest a security level of 255,
	so only you or your co-sysop can run it.

        You must have the directory where pkunzip & pkxarc named in your dos
        PATH in your autoexec.bat file. The directory where Scan resides must
        also be named in your path, so that autoviri may call them to unzip
        and scan the files as needed.

	The results of the scanning, wether or not the program contains a
	virus that Scan recognizes, will be saved in a file called scanned.txt.
	Autoviri will make a subdirectory from your gfiles directory called
	SCANNED. Then save scanned.txt in this directory. This way you can
        add it to your "online gfiles" and view the results of the scan
        without having to take your bbs offline. In case you scan a few
        files and forget which files have already been scanned Autoviri.001
        will list files that have been previously scanned. This file
        is saved in the same directory as scanned.txt so you can add it
        to your "online gfiles" list also. Somthing similar to
        a program called bbsusage. If you added it as an event(.bat) and
        as a door, you can scan for viruses and view the results remotely!!
        But I would suggest a security level high enough so other users
        won't know it's there. 


        Autovirii will perform some sorting of the list Autoviri.001. This
        sort will be more thorough if you have the MS-DOS Utility SORT.EXE
        in a directory accessable by the PATH.

        Anyways, this might seem a little bit much to digest, but I think you
might just start to like this little program. It automizes scanning of your
files as they are uploaded. If you like this program, have any suggestions
for it's improvement Feel free to write and tell me about it.

	This program now supports:  PKUNZIP   (.ZIP)
			            PKXARC    (.ARC)
                                    SCAN.EXE  (Virus Scanner)
				
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        PKUNZIP & PKXARC are copyrights by PKWARE Inc.
        SCAN.EXE copyright McAfee Associates

~Maverick .............