From: rslade@sfu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Quick antiviral listing (general)
Date: 7 Nov 92 07:38:05 GMT

I am starting smarting from the flame burns I got last time I posted this.
In addition, the net itself seems to agree with the complainants: it has
"eaten" the last two postings.  Nonetheless, five people have requested
this lately, so ...

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VirusX             (outdated?)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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