

Additional material to F-PROT
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        This directory contains the F-AUTO utility and 
        supplementary batch files to simplify the use of F-PROT. 
        F-PROT Professional for Windows is provided on it's own 
        diskette and with its own installation program.

FP.BAT

        FP.BAT is an example of a batch file that can be used to run
        F-PROT. FP.BAT can be included in, for example, AUTOEXEC.BAT by
        using the CALL command. The batch file itself contains
        instructions on its use.
        
Other batch files

        Other example batches included on the diskette are:
        
        QA.BAT   -   A quick check for diskette in drive A:
        QB.BAT   -   A quick check for diskette in drive B:
        QH.BAT   -   Check all partitions of the hard disk
        QD.BAT   -   A quick check for the programs in current directory 
        IS_VS.BAT -  Checks if VIRSTOP is loaded or not

VIRLIST.LIS
   
        This ASCII file contains a list of all the viruses detected by 
        F-PROT, even those that have not yet been added to programs
        Virus Information menu. The list also tells whether a virus
        can be disinfected or not.

F-ARC.EXE

        F-ARC.EXE is a utility program which searches archive files
        and scans for viruses inside them with F-PROT using your own
        unpacking software for unarchiving.

        Usage: F-ARC [/ALL] [/LIST] <file>|<drive>|<dir> ...

                /ALL    Scan all files inside archives.
                /LIST   List all archive files in the log file.
                <file>  An archive file to be scanned. Only one file
                        name is accepted if this option is used.
                <drive> Drive to be searched for archive files.
                <dir>   Directory to be searched for archive files.
                        Multiple drive and directory names can be
                        specified.

        Examples:

                F-ARC /all c: d:        Scan all files in all archive
                                        files in drives c: and d:.
                F-ARC c:\foo\bar.zip    Scan for viruses inside bar.zip.

        F-ARC parameters are defined in F-ARC.INI. Here are the explanations
        to various parameters:

        [F-ARC]                       ; Header is this file
        scanner=c:\f-prot\f-prot.exe  ; location of F-PROT
        append=0                      ; Append (1) or overwrite (0) logfile
        memscan=1                     ; Start by scanning memory with F-PROT
                                      ; yes (1) or no (0)
        tmpdir=C:\F-TMP               ; temporary location of unpacked files

        [Packer1]                     ; Packer number 1
        packer=c:\bin\arj.exe         ; full pathname of unpacker
        parms=x /y                    ; parameters
        extension=.arj                ; file extension

        Maximum of 5 unpackers can be defined. The name of the logfile
        is F-ARC.LOG.

F-AUTO.EXE

        F-AUTO.EXE is a small utility program which runs a program at
        specified intervals. By using F-AUTO, the virus checking can be
        automatized to happen, for example, every three days. To
        accomplish this, the following line must be added to a
        workstation's AUTOEXEC.BAT (the paths are not specified,
        F-PROT is in the current directory or in PATH):

        F-AUTO 3 F-PROT /HARD

        It is a good idea to call a batch file that executes F-PROT
        instead of just calling F-PROT directly. This way the ERRORLEVEL
        values returned by F-PROT can be checked. Here's an example
        of how to execute a batch file:
        
        C:\F-PROT\F-AUTO.EXE /h 3 C:\F-PROT\FP.BAT

        The switch /h causes F-AUTO to hide all of its output texts, and
        3 is the interval between checks in days. Last item on the
        command line is the name of the executed program.

        If the interval parameter given to F-AUTO is 1, it will run the
        specified program only when F-AUTO is invoked for the first time
        each day.
        
        NOTE: If you're running a shared copy of F-AUTO through a network,
        set the environment variable F-AUTOPATH to point to a local
        directory. Otherwise all users will share the F-AUTO.CFG file,
        which F-AUTO uses the keep track of the execution dates.

FIXBOOT.EXE

        FIXBOOT is a generic boot sector virus remover for floppy disks.
        It overwrites the boot sector code of a diskette with a clean
        one, removing a possible virus. 

NETWORK.TXT

        This is an ASCII text file on installing F-PROT 
        Professional for DOS in a networking environment. There 
        are also notes on how to create an automatic update 
        system to update F-PROT automatically to workstations 
        using the network.

FPUPDATE.BAT

        This is a sample batch which can be used to create an 
        automatic update system. Modify this according to your 
        system and call it from a logon batch to perform an 
        automatic update to workstations.
         
Need help?

        Contact your local F-PROT support for help in use of F-PROT 
        Professional and the supplementary utilities.

