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!AWApr92/Goodies/VirusKill/VProtect/ReadMe
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_ArchimedesWorld_199204.adf » April92 |
| Filename: | !AWApr92/Goodies/VirusKill/VProtect/ReadMe |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0301 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
VProtect is a module which will prevent any of the known viruses from loading via a !Boot file. It will also prevent further infection by the Module virus. You should copy it into the !System.Modules directory, and set up a !Boot script to ensure that it is loaded. The commands to put in the !Boot file would typically be: rmensure vprotect 0 rmload system:modules.vprotect rmensure vprotect 0 error VProtect has not been loaded However, it is quite likely that the computer does not yet know where the !System directory is, so you may instead have to use the full path to !system, eg rmensure vprotect 0 rmload adfs::4.!system.modules.vprotect If you are using RISC OS 3, it will automatically include a suitable command to load itself in the Desktop Save file.
00000000 56 50 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 69 73 20 61 20 6d 6f |VProtect is a mo| 00000010 64 75 6c 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |dule which will | 00000020 70 72 65 76 65 6e 74 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 |prevent any of t| 00000030 68 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 76 69 72 75 73 65 73 |he known viruses| 00000040 20 66 72 6f 6d 0a 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 20 76 69 | from.loading vi| 00000050 61 20 61 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 2e 20 |a a !Boot file. | 00000060 49 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 70 72 65 |It will also pre| 00000070 76 65 6e 74 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e 66 |vent further inf| 00000080 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 0a 4d 6f |ection by the.Mo| 00000090 64 75 6c 65 20 76 69 72 75 73 2e 0a 0a 59 6f 75 |dule virus...You| 000000a0 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 6f 70 79 20 69 74 20 | should copy it | 000000b0 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 21 53 79 73 74 65 6d |into the !System| 000000c0 2e 4d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |.Modules directo| 000000d0 72 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 61 |ry, and set up a| 000000e0 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 0a 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 74 6f | !Boot.script to| 000000f0 20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 | ensure that it | 00000100 69 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 |is loaded...The | 00000110 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 70 75 74 20 |commands to put | 00000120 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 42 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c |in the !Boot fil| 00000130 65 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 79 70 69 63 61 6c 6c |e would typicall| 00000140 79 20 62 65 3a 0a 0a 72 6d 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 |y be:..rmensure | 00000150 76 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 30 20 72 6d 6c 6f 61 |vprotect 0 rmloa| 00000160 64 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 3a 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 |d system:modules| 00000170 2e 76 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 0a 72 6d 65 6e 73 75 |.vprotect.rmensu| 00000180 72 65 20 76 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 30 20 65 72 |re vprotect 0 er| 00000190 72 6f 72 20 56 50 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 68 61 73 |ror VProtect has| 000001a0 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 65 6e 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 | not been loaded| 000001b0 0a 0a 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 69 74 20 69 73 |..However, it is| 000001c0 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 74 68 | quite likely th| 000001d0 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 |at the computer | 000001e0 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 79 65 74 20 6b 6e 6f |does not yet kno| 000001f0 77 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 0a 21 53 79 73 |w where the.!Sys| 00000200 74 65 6d 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 69 73 |tem directory is| 00000210 2c 20 73 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 69 6e 73 |, so you may ins| 00000220 74 65 61 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 |tead have to use| 00000230 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 70 61 74 68 20 74 | the full path t| 00000240 6f 0a 21 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2c 20 65 67 0a 0a 72 |o.!system, eg..r| 00000250 6d 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 76 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 |mensure vprotect| 00000260 20 30 20 72 6d 6c 6f 61 64 20 61 64 66 73 3a 3a | 0 rmload adfs::| 00000270 34 2e 21 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 |4.!system.module| 00000280 73 2e 76 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 |s.vprotect..If y| 00000290 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 52 49 53 |ou are using RIS| 000002a0 43 20 4f 53 20 33 2c 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |C OS 3, it will | 000002b0 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 6e |automatically in| 000002c0 63 6c 75 64 65 20 61 20 73 75 69 74 61 62 6c 65 |clude a suitable| 000002d0 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 0a 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 | command.to load| 000002e0 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 44 | itself in the D| 000002f0 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 53 61 76 65 20 66 69 6c 65 |esktop Save file| 00000300 2e |.| 00000301
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