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All code and documentation is exclusively (C) Richard K. Lloyd 1991.
It is in the Public Domain and hence is freely distributable.

Documentation for VKiller 2.30 - A Virus Killer/Innoculator
-----------------------------------------------------------

PLEASE NOTE:

* This distribution does NOT contain any virus to the author's knowledge.

* Support for versions prior to 2.20 has now been dropped (in other words,
  people reporting problems with earlier versions will simply be sent the
  latest version to try out instead).

* Since the user interface is rapidly approaching stability (only the icon
  drag into the dialogue box left to implement), future versions of VKiller
  will only be released to support 'new' viruses or to fix major bugs (in
  other words, user interface revamps will take a lower priority now).

VKiller is dedicated to Christine Wein, an American friend who's put up with
my trivia for far too long ! Obviously the Army thought so too, because they
"released" her early (May 5th)...

New major features of V2.30 (see the "Docs.History" file for further details)
---------------------------

* Restriction on max length of !Boot files (previously 5K) removed.
* Self-check added at startup to check for viruses in VKiller$Dir.
* ArchieVirus can now be safely removed from RMA.
* Checks for Thanatos, Icon 1 and Icon 2 viruses added.
* Several minor bug fixes and improvements.

Introduction
------------

Computer viruses are annoying...and that's putting it mildly. They put the
machine's owner on constant guard for infections - usually excessive disk
activity and strangely behaving programs are tell-tale signs. Even though
the Archimedes has a ROM-based OS and hence no boot tracks on a disk, the
door is still wide open for the virus writer to attack Obey files or even
executables themselves.

This is why VKiller was written, although a virus killer program is in no way
an original idea :-) Because of the nature of Archimedes virus attacks, files
can often be "innoculated", but more about that later.

Viruses known to VKiller
------------------------

VKiller 2.30 currently knows about the following 7 viruses:

Extend Virus   - attacks Desktop !Boot files and duplicates its module into the
                 application directory. Infects whenever an application is
                 double-clicked on. Claims 1K of RMA for every file or dir
                 double-click, which it never releases, hence crashing the
                 machine eventually. Can be innoculated against using &FF byte.

ArchieVirus    - attacks Absolute executables - appending itself to the end
                 and replacing the first instruction with a branch to its code.
                 Infects any executable in the current or library directories
                 on any file load or save, hence causing excessive floppy
                 activity. Lodges itself in RMA to allow claim of OS_File 36
                 to persist. Displays an infinitely looping message on the 13th
                 of any month. Can be innoculated against by appending a "1210"
                 string (actually "Hypo1210"). My copy of ArchieVirus has
                 faulty code and causes system errors on any subsequent OS_File
                 calls. Despite this, V2.30 of VKiller onwards can now safely
                 remove ArchieVirus from RMA.

CeBit Virus    - attacks !Boot files and duplicates its module into the
                 application directory pointed to by the current setting of
                 <Obey$Dir>. Performs an infection of <Obey$Dir> EVERY MINUTE
                 and, after 16 successful new infections, attempts to perform a
                 "*Wipe $.path.file*" (which is clearly doomed to fail !),
                 followed by a graphical message. Despite the wrong filespec
                 for the *Wipe command, this is a *nasty* virus and impossible
                 to sensibly permanently innoculate against.

Vigay Virus    - creates an !Boot file (only if doesn't exist already) & copies
                 itself (a 2K BASIC program) into the application directory.
                 Initialises as a Wimp Task called "TaskManager" and infects
                 whenever an application is run. Only thing it does is to pick
                 a random time on a Thursday to "wobble" your screen and mouse
                 pointer (more frequently as the day progresses) !! Innoculated
                 against by creating an !Boot (VKiller puts the Extend Virus
                 innoculation in too).

Icon 1 Virus   - The "original" Icon virus. 5K BASIC program (filetype Sprite)
                 that frequently displays a random silly Wimp error on startup
                 and initialises as a Wimp Task called " " (single space). Will
                 infect any application run, unless run from the same disk as
                 the last infected application. Innoculation not possible.        
Icon 2 Virus   - Modified version of the Icon 1 virus. Shorter and missing the
                 random Wimp error. Otherwise identical to Icon 1. Innoculation
                 also not possible.

Thanatos Virus - (Simply) Encrypted BASIC program that can perform a myriad of
                 things (see Docs.ThanDoc), the most serious of which is the
                 scrambling of your disk map for drives 0/4/5 or formatting the
                 disk in drive 0, randomising the CMOS or wiping <Obey$Dir>.
                 Faulty code generates a "No room for this DIM" error, so the
                 virus never actually runs anyway. Two versions are known
                 to exist (one with "debugging" code commented out by REMs and
                 one without). Innoculation is not possible.

Further Information
-------------------

The other documentation (in this "Docs" directory) available is as follows:

ArchieDoc   - Technical documentation relating to ArchieVirus.

CeBitDoc    - Technical documentation relating to the CeBit Virus.

Credits     - List of people contributing ideas, code fixes or new viruses.

ExtendDoc   - Technical documentation relating to the Extend Virus.

History     - Revision History of VKiller.

IconDoc     - Technical documentation relating to the two Icon Virus strains.

Notice      - Copyright Notice (PD organisations should read this, as should
              people requesting newer versions or supplying fixes/enhancements)

Rivals      - Details of other virus killers you may wish to know about.

ThanDoc     - Technical documentation relating to the Thanatos Virus.

VigayDoc    - Technical documentation relating to the Vigay Virus.

Recommended procedures prior to running VKiller
-----------------------------------------------

Floppy disk users
-----------------

* Hard-reset (CTRL-BREAK or CTRL-RESET) your machine. No known virus can
  survive this.

* Keep a "secure" copy of the latest VKiller on a clearly marked, write-
  protected floppy disk. Do NOT put *any* other programs on that disk.

* On entry to the Desktop, ONLY open the file viewer of the disk containing
  the "secure" copy of VKiller. Do *not* open any other viewers.

* Run VKiller (with a double-click) as soon as you've opened the file viewer.
  After this, file viewer restrictions can be relaxed, because VKiller will
  pick up on any viruses it knows about that are run via !Boot files.

* If you wish to log the scanning, ensure that you have a RAM disk active and
  that it has 32K or more free before you toggle the "Create log file" option.

* Feed in floppies one at a time and scan them. Avoid the temptation to open
  the file viewers on them unless absolutely necessary. It is advisable to
  write-protect these floppies and only write-enable them if VKiller brings up
  a warning box asking for a retry of the disk write.

Hard disk users
---------------

* Follow the same precautions as above, but it is OK to copy VKiller onto your
  hard disk. HOWEVER, this means you will have to open file viewers to get to
  VKiller itself, which leaves you vulnerable to running !Boot-infecting
  viruses.

* The scan logging speed to hard disk is acceptable enough to avoid having to
  concern yourself with the RAM disk free space. You are advised to make sure
  you have "seen" an editor such as !Edit prior to any logging (easiest
  solution is to put !Edit at the top level of your hard disk or in the same
  dir as VKiller).

How do I use VKiller ?
----------------------

Double-click on the !VKiller application icon to install an icon bar icon.
[N.B. The !Boot in the !VKiller directory has itself been innoculated
      to prevent infection of its own directory.]

Once the icon bar icon appears you may press the middle button to get the
usual Info and Quit options and the left or right button to display the
VKiller dialogue box. When VKiller is first installed, it checks for the
existence of any virus located in the RMA. If found, it will kill it if
possible and warn you of the fact. The Execution/Decrement/Infection Count for
the virus will also be displayed where appropriate. From then on, whenever an
application is started with a known virus task name or module name, then
the RMA is re-scanned for the offending virus. The OS_File vector chain is
also constantly monitored for signs of an ArchieVirus infection.

Self-check on startup
---------------------

VKiller now checks its own application directory (VKiller$Dir) for disk infect-
ion when it is started for the very first time. It does this silently with the
dialogue box closed (unless an RMA infection is spotted prior to this, in which
the dialogue box will be open), only opening the dialogue box if there is an
infection in VKiller$Dir. This only adds a maximum of 2 seconds to the startup
time (for floppy systems) and prevents VKiller from unwittingly housing (known)
viruses in its directory.

VKiller dialogue box options
----------------------------

Filing System:
Click on the right arrow with any mouse button to pop up a menu. This will
allow you to select the filing system you wish to scan. Thanks to the enormous
efforts of Philip Colmer, V2.20 onwards now supports Econet and NFS.
If the user spitefully *RMKills the currently selected filing system, then a
warning dialogue box will be displayed and the next available FS will be
selected instead. If no scannable FSs are available, then VKiller will display
a fatal error dialogue box and quit.

Device:
Again, click on the right arrow to pop up a menu: this lets you select the
device (usually numbered from 0 for FileCore systems).

Files scanned:
This displays how many files (excluding directories, which aren't files of
course !) have been scanned for this particular device. The count is reset
to zero every time a new scan is started (and is now fixed if you have 1000
or more files :-) ).

Dirs scanned:
This displays how many directories (including recursively nested ones) have
been scanned for this particular device. The count is reset to zero every time
a new scan is started.

Dir scan:
This line displays which directory the Drive Scan has reached so far. The only
exception to this is when it is used to display the appropriate count
when a virus is found. The path displayed is relative to the "root"
directory of the current device, so usually starts with a "$" or "&". If the
path length exceeds the width of the icon for the path text, the end of the
path, preceded by an ellipsis ("..."), will be shown instead.

Status:
General brief messages are displayed here. This includes OS_GBPB errors
encountered during a scan (e.g. Drive empty, Disc fault).

The next four fields are self-explanatory and are counters for the number
of times the a virus was encountered in RMA or on disk, the number of
new innoculations and the number of Drive Scans so far (this latter figure
is only incremented when a FULL scan is performed right to the end).

Start scan:
Clicking on this will start a Drive Scan (and the highlighted button label
becomes "Stop Scan"). It may be stopped at any time by clicking on the
(relabelled) button again, but this does not increment the Drive Scan counter.

Innoculate during scan:
Clicking on this will toggle the option to innoculate ALL !Boot files with the
Obey (&FEB) filetype and ALL executables encountered during the scan. If it is
not selected, then any !Boot or executable files infected with one of the
known viruses will still be innoculated anyway. Note that VKiller claims an
initial 2K of RMA for loading !Boot files, but can now automatically adjust the
size of this buffer if necessary (OK, it just releases and reclaims a bigger
space :-) ).

Create log file:
Clicking on this will toggle the option to create a log file. However, you
are only advised to enable this option if:

1. VKiller is installed on a hard disk or you have a RAM disk with at least
   32K free. If you don't meet either of those criteria, then the log file
   will be created on floppy (<VKiller$Dir> to be exact) and may lead to
   excessive disk activity.

2. You have "seen" an editor such as !Edit, because the log file is loaded into
   an editor if one is available. If an editor is unavailable, a simple static
   output window will appear and the text will inevitably scroll off the screen
   before you have a chance to read it !

The Application Icon
--------------------

This is the icon/text located in the top-right hand corner of the VKiller
dialogue box. When VKiller is first loaded, the icon will match VKiller's
Filer icon (the text will say "Idle" indicating that no scan is in progress).
When a scan is started, the following rules are obeyed as to the update of
the icon:

* If the directory name begins with an "!" character, then
  either:
    1) display the application icon if it is present in RMA already
       (e.g. by opening a Filer window, which caches the icons)
    2) display the standard Archimedes "application" icon if it isn't in RMA

* If the directory name doesn't begin with an "!", then just display the
  standard Archimedes "directory" icon.

At the end of the scan, the icon will return to its original VKiller Filer
icon state (and the "Idle" text will reappear).

Notes about the Drive Scan
--------------------------

The Drive Scan is fully multi-tasking and the VKiller dialogue box does NOT
need to be open during the scan. If the dialogue box is closed during a scan,
then it will be automatically re-opened (or brought to the front if it is
already open) when an infection is found or the Drive Scan has finished.

If the system is infected mid-way through a Drive Scan, then any virus module
will be automatically killed and the dialogue box will be re-opened (as it
would be if a virus module was run at any time) with a suitable message. At
the end of that Drive Scan, you are advised that the drive may still be
infected, in which case you should re-scan that drive (and the drive that
caused the infection in the first place).

During a Drive Scan, VKiller requires 1K of RMA per directory level (a failed
RMA claim will cause that dir to be skipped).

Request For Viruses
-------------------

Yes, this is a strange thing to ask, but could people in possession of a virus
please send it to the address at the end of this document ? Please mark the
disc (or e-mail !) clearly that it contains a virus. I would like VKiller to
evolve to cope with other viruses (I know that there a few others floating
around, so I'd appreciate anyone's assistance in tracking them down). Please
include EVERYTHING relating to the virus (including !Boot and !Run files in
particular, as well as the virus program itself).

Future Enhancements to VKiller
------------------------------                               

* Add support for killing (or innoculating against) other viruses. This is
  a never-ending task :-(

* Allow a file or directory to be dragged onto the dialogue box for analysis.

* Add an option to REMOVE innoculation (some executables may check their own
  length and complain for instance).

Where to send your viruses, bug reports, fixes, enhancements etc.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Snail Mail:             JANET e-mail:

Richard K. Lloyd,       rkl@uk.ac.liv.cs.and
1, Banks Road,
Lower Heswall,
Wirral,
Merseyside,
Great Britain
L60 9JS

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