UpChk WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE BBS SYSOP. SINCE ITS RELEASE IN 1990 IT IS USED ON BBS SYSTEMS BY CORPORATIONS AND COMPUTER CLUBS. HOWEVER, THE SYSOP OF YOUR FAVORITE BBS MAY NOT BE TAKING THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TODAY'S VIRUSES - Upchk HAS NOW BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO US TOO. This file contains easy instructions on how to install UpChk for the individual user. These instructions were not written by the authors of the program. Instead, they were written by me, a brother. A relatively inexperienced and marginally competent PC operator . If I can install this, then anyone can. Since this was originally for Sysop's only some to the terms used might get you scratching your head. I will give you a laymans version of them. NODE - This is the number of phone lines a Sysop has available for us Users to call in on. To us Users this translates to Configuration File or Config. File (i.e. UPCHKTD.CFG). UPLOAD - In our case this would be DOWNLOAD since we are doing the reverse of what the Sysop should be doing for us. ** SETUP ** Run the setup utility UCSETTD.EXE It will make paths and directories neccessary to hold all of the Upchk files, receive downloaded files, test them, then to either hold corrupted files for inspection or copy "clean" files to the directory of your choice. I use Telix as my telecommunications program and the following is my configuration: Receive Directory: C:\TELIX\DOWN Test Directory: C:\TELIX\DOWN\TEMP Hold Directory: C:\TELIX\HOLD Home Directory: C:\UPCHK Path and filename for log: C:\UPCHK\FILE.LOG Copy file to upload directory: Y If you answer "Y" Upchk will copy all tested files to the directory of your choice. Mine are copied to c:\telix\CLEAN you should do this or UpChk will check the files in the Receive directory again the next time you run it. It is quite simple so I won't say much more here about setup. If you get stuck... help is available by pressing F1 ** RUNNING Upchk ** After you have run the setup utility, Upchk is ready to use. From the DOS prompt in the "HOME" Directory type UPCHKTD.EXE followed by zero & the path to where you want your "good" files to go. Example... C:\UPCHK>upchktd.exe 0 c:\telix\clean ** TIPS ** 1) Be sure that the virus scanning program you are going to use is located in a directory that is in the path you specified. 2) Be sure that the Download directory path in your Telecommunications program is the same as the receive directory in UCSETTD setup. 3) Be sure that all Upchk files are in the "HOME" directory