What's New in McAfee DAT File v2.5.1 (9608) Copyright 1994-1996 by McAfee, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Thank you for using McAfee products. This What's New file contains important information regarding the current DAT file. It is highly recommended that you read the entire document. McAfee welcomes your comments and suggestions. Please use the information provided in this file to contact us. ___________________ WHAT'S IN THIS FILE - New Features - Known Issues - Installation - Contact McAfee Note: The next DAT update is scheduled for September. Intermediate "emergency" updates will be available only through the BBS. ____________ NEW FEATURES * NEW VIRUSES DETECTED * Because of increased activity in the Word macro virus area, this DAT file is being released earlier than scheduled to include the following viruses. This DAT file detects the following 20 new viruses. In addition, locations that have experienced problems with a particular virus are identified. BOOM:DE (**) COLORS.D CONCEPT.G (US) CONCEPT.H DIVINA (Italy) DOGGIE FRIENDLY:DE (**) GUESS IMPOSTER.B IRISH KILLDLL LBYNJ:DE (**) MADDOG (US) NF NPAD (Pacific Rim) REFLEX SATANIC (Internet) WAZZU.B (US) WAZZU.C WAZZU.D (US) (**) Some viruses can only spread in the Word for Windows environment of specific localized languages, denoted by a colon and two letters following the virus name. These viruses, followed by :DE, can only spread in the German Word for Windows environment. * NEW VIRUSES REMOVED * New viruses removed are listed above. All macro viruses have removers. ____________ KNOWN ISSUES When a macro virus is detected in conjunction with other viruses, the macro virus remover will not work. If you encounter this, remove the other virus first or work in a separate area. ____________ INSTALLATION * INSTALLING THE PRODUCT * Data file updates are stored in a compressed format to reduce transmission time. To install your update, create a temporary directory and copy the downloaded file to the directory. Unzip the files, and copy them to the appropriate permanent directories, replacing your existing files. * TESTING YOUR INSTALLATION * The Eicar Standard AntiVirus Test File is a combined effort by anti-virus vendors throughout the world to come up with one standard by which customers can verify their anti-virus installations. To test your installation, copy the following line into its own file and name it EICAR.COM. X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* When done, you will have a 69 or 70 byte file. When VirusScan is applied to this file, Scan will report finding the EICAR-STANDARD-AV-TEST-FILE virus. It is important to know that THIS IS NOT A VIRUS. However, users often have the need to test that their installations function correctly. The anti-virus industry, through the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, has adopted this standard to facilitate this need. Please delete the file when installation testing is completed so unsuspecting users are not unnecessarily alarmed. ______________ CONTACT McAFEE * FOR QUESTIONS, ORDERS, PROBLEMS, OR COMMENTS * Contact McAfee's Customer Care department: 1. Call (408) 988-3832 Monday-Friday, 6:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Pacific time 2. Fax: (408) 970-9727 24-hour, Group III Fax 3. Fax-back automated response system: (408) 988-3034 24-hour fax Send correspondence to any of the following McAfee locations: McAfee Corporate Headquarters 2710 Walsh Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051-0963 McAfee East Coast Office Jerral West Center 766 Shrewsbury Avenue Tinton Falls, NJ 07724-3298 McAfee Central Office 5944 Luther Lane, Suite 117 Dallas, TX 75225 McAfee Canada 178 Main Street Unionville, Ontario Canada L2R 2G9 McAfee Europe B.V. 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