From: rslade@sfu.ca
Subject: Quick antiviral listing (general)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 23:38:05 PST

QUICKREF.RVW   921106
              Antiviral software and utilities "quick" reference
 
Product            Ver   Type   UI Doc Ease Ovrl Price Comments
                        SDRIMOE  CG 1-4  I U  1-4
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Amiga
 
BootX              4.50  SDRM     G               free
amiga.physik.unizh.ch, ux1.cso.uiuc.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu
 
Computer Virus Cat.9207  info        4         4  Free
CARO, cert
 
VirusChecker       6.06
amiga.physik.unizh.ch, ux1.cso.uiuc.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu
 
VirusX             (outdated?)
s.tibbett on BIX
 
ZeroVirus
 
 
Atari
 
Computer Virus Cat.9207  info        4         4  Free
CARO, cert
 
VKILLER            3.84
woodside@ttidca.com
 
 
Mac
 
Advanced Security (see MS-DOS)
 
Computer Virus Cat.9207  info        4         4  Free
CARO, cert
 
Disinfectant       2.9  SDR
nwu
 
Gatekeeper       1.2.6    R MO                    Free
Chris Johnson
 
Rival
Microseeds Publishing
 
SAM                3.0.8SD  M                     $99
Symantec/Norton
 
Virex (see MS-DOS, product not by same author)
 
VirusDetective
Jeff Shulman
 
 
MS-DOS
 
Advanced Security          I OE  C   2   2 3   1        PCADVGRV.RVW
Advanced Gravis
 
Antivirus (IRIS)        SDR M    C   2   2 4   2   $49  PCANTIVR.RVW
Fink Enterprises
 
Antivirus-Plus          SDR M    C   2   2 4   2   $99  PCANTIVP.RVW
Trend Micro
 
Anti-Virus Toolkit 6.0? SDRIMO   CG  3   2 3   4        PCDSAVT.RVW
S&S International Ltd., sands@cix.compulink.co.uk, perComp Verlag, Ontrack
 
Central Point Anti-virusSDRI O    G  3   2 2   2        not coexist with others
Central Point                                           PCCPAV.RVW
 
Certus LAN         2.0  SD I O   CG  2   1 3   2        PCCERTUS.RVW
Certus
 
Computer Virus Cat.9207  info        4         4  Free
CARO, cert
 
Control Room               I      G  2   4 4   2        PCCTRLRM.RVW
Borland
 
Data Physician +  3.1A  SDRIM    C   2   2 2   2        PCDATPHS.RVW
Digital Dispatch
 
DISKSECURE        1.15A    IM    C   2   3 3   4        BSIs only
risc, urvax, eugene cf also FixMBR, FixUTIL             PCDSKSEC.RVW
SafeMBR, CHKSMBR, CHKMEM, CHKBOOT in FixUtil etc. are free
 
Eliminator         1.17 SDR      C   3   2 3   2        PCELMNTR.RVW
British Computer Virus Research Centre
 
F-PROT            2.06  SDR      CG  3   3 3   4 home - free, bus. - $1/CPU
frisk@complex.is, risc, urvax, eugene, garbo            PCFPROT.RVW
 
Hoffman Summary   209     info    G  3         3  $35
risc, urvax, eugene
 
HTScan             1.8  S        C   2   3 3   3  Free (non-comm.)
(also VSIG         9210)
risc, urvax, eugene, garbo
 
IBM Anti-Virus Prod2.19 S        C   3   3 3   3  $35/company PCIBMSCN.RVW
local IBM rep
 
Integrity Master   1.24 S  I     CG  3   3 3      $35   PCIM.RVW
risc, urvax, eugene
 
LANProtect         1.0  S        CG  1   2 2   2
Intel
 
Mace Vaccine       3.0      M     G  1   3 2   1        PCMACE.RVW
Fifth Generation
 
Norton AntiVirus        SDRI      G  2   3 2   3  $130  PCNRTNAV.RVW
Symantec/Norton
 
PC-Cillin         2.95L SDRIM     G  3   3 3   2  $139  PCCILL2N.RVW
Trend Micro
 
SafeWord Virus-Safe1.12    I     C   2   3 4   3        PCSAFWRD.RVW
Enigma Logic
 
Thunderbyte Scan   4.3  S        C   2   2 3   3  $29   PCTBSCAN.RVW
(also VSIG         9210)
(a beta version of a revised product, TBAVB500 is also available)
risc, urvax, eugene, garbo
 
VACCINE (WWS)      5.00 SD IMO   C   2   1 2   2        PCWWSVCN.RVW
The Davidsohn Group
 
VACCINE (Sophos)   9111 S  I     CG  2   2 2   3        PCSOPHOS.RVW
 
Untouchable        1.1  SDRIM    CG  2   2 2   2        PCUNTUCH.RVW
Fifth Generation Systems
 
VDS                2.10T   I     CG  2   2 3   2        PCVDS.RVW
risc, urvax, eugene
 
Victor Charlie     5.0     IM    C   3   2 3   3  $99   PCVC.RVW
Delta Base Enterprises
 
Virex-PC           2.2  SDRIM     G  4   2 4   4   $99  PCVIREX.RVW
Microcom
 
ViruCide                SD        G  3   4 3   3   $49  PCVIRCID.RVW
Parsons Technology
 
Virus0Buster       3.75 SDRIMO   CG  3   3 3   4        PCVRBSTR.RVW
Leprechaun Software (70451.3621@compuserve.com)
 
VIRUSCAN Suite     97   SDRIM    C   2   2 2   3  ~$25/module
risc, urvax, SIMTEL, garbo, mcafee.com                  PCSCAN.RVW
 
VirusSafe LAN      4.01 SDRI O   CG  2   2 3   2        PCVIRSAF.RVW
EliaShim Micro
 
VIRx               2.4  S        C   2   3 4   4  Free (non-comm.)
risc, urvax, eugene, SIMTEL, Microcom
 
Vi-Spy             10.0 SDR M    CG  2   2 3   3  $150  PCVISPY.RVW
RG Software Systems
 
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Key:
 
Type - S=scanner, D=disinfection (restoration of state), R=resident,
          I=integrity checking, M=activity monitor, O=operation restricting,
          E=encryption
 
UI - user interface - C=command line, G=menu or GUI
 
The following are based on a 1=poor - 4=excellent scale
Doc - documentation
Ease - I=installation, U=use
Ovrl - overall rating for general use
 
Sites:
 
CARO - ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (134.100.4.42)
cert - cert.org (192.88.209.5)
eugene - eugene.utmb.edu (129.109.9.21)
garbo - garbo.uwasa.fi
nwu - ftp.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.113.52)
risc - risc.ua.edu
simtel - wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
urvax - urvax.urich.edu
 
For others see Jim Wright's postings.
For more detailed reviews see /pub/virus-l/docs/reviews at cert
For general virus info see VIRUSFAQ.TXT at cert
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1992   QUICKREF.RVW   921106

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