ีออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออธ ณ "The cALMER Utilities" SERIES 127 Upgrade Information ณ ณ Copyright (C) 1991 by cALMER Utilities [All Rights Reserved] ณ ณ361 Somerville Road, Hornsby Heights NSW 2077 Australia [+612] (02) 482 1715ณ ิออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออพ --------------- Tue 25th. Jun 1991 --------------- All programmes have changed internally to improve overall performance in a multi-tasking environment such as Windows 3. They also take advantage of information provided to programmes by DOS 5. They detect the presence of the ThunderByte anti-virus hardware card and adjust their behaviour in two ways if ThunderByte is active: * The anti-viral self-test is 92% faster. * The programmes work as a fully registered version even without supplying the normal password. The following operational changes have been implemented: NBY: * ALL boot-sector viruses damage floppy disks in some way or another (they must store the original bootup information somewhere on disk and can thus overwrite existing information). For that reason, NBY will now simply eliminate any bootsector virus found on any floppy disk by re-writing the bootsector from scratch. If the diskette was a bootable DOS disk, DOS will no longer load from if booting from the previously infected disk. You should NEVER have a non-writeprotected DOS boot disk ! The advantage of this is two-fold: NBY can eliminate the boot- sector virus even if it has been hacked by someone and has changed it's expected behaviour. All previously infected disks become bootable disks, as if they had been treated with BootPast. * After scanning a floppy disk, NBY now gives you the option to scan another disk, allowing you to edit the command line. On hard disk scanning, you can call up this option by going say: 'NBY C:*.com c:*.exe /m' (/m for 'More') * A bug which did not check boot sectors on floppies if the system had no hard disk at all has been removed. * Users who have ThunderByte installed will note that the systems files (io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com or equivalent) are only scanned once a day. However, if ThunderByte has been disabled, it will scan those files on every bootup. This is due to the supreme protection derived from the antivirus hardware card and it really is not necessary to check those files in every bootup. * Users who have ThunderByte installed are given a message to ignore the ThunderByte warning message when NBY is eliminating a floppy boot-sector virus. FASTNBY: * Changes to file-sharing for network / multitasking environment * An external data file allowing users to nominate additional extensions to be scanned. '.LIB', '.OVR' etc. are now specified in that data file so users can disable the scanning for them. CCD: * CCD now saves the 'previous' directory information on every run, thus 'CCD /P' will always return to the previous directory. TODAY: * Today now allows the setting of the MASTER environment from the data file. 'Set X=ABC' set the environment variable X only for the duration of the run of Today, ':Set X=ABC' will set X into the master environment, i.e. it will still be set when today has completed. TCT: * Following numerous requests to stop the whistle from TCTON and/or TCTOFF, the two programmes will whistle only if a parameter is given. i.e.: 'TCTON' = silent 'TCTON x' = whistle 'TCTOFF' = silent 'TCTOFF x'= whistle * TCT.COM has been compacted and now takes about 75 bytes less RAM. It can be loaded high in DOS 5 (LoadHigh TCT) or QEMM without problems. DL: * DL has 3 new commands. (dl /? to get a listing of commands) - /l list mode, only shows file name, intended for redirection into a file. - /lp list mode, shows file and pathname name. - /~ NOT (e.g: 'dl /~e' shows all non-executable files. LAZYBACK: * 'Lazyback /mark' will mark all files in the current data- file as backed up already. BOOTPAST: * Now Fully re-constructs the entire bootsector which could have been destroyed by a virus. * Now works on all computers. On some clones, the bootstrap loader is non-standard and a disk treated with BootPast would display the message and scroll continuously. On those PCs, the message will now be displayed once only and then lock up. AUTOEDIT: * Now allows customisation of editor to use, i.e. you can use your own editor (in which case you lose the context-sensitive help) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current program files contained in the complete set of the cALMER Utilities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program Purpose AUTOEDIT Edit often-changed files from a pick-list BOOTPAST Make floppies bootable CAPSOFF Switch caps lock Off CAPSON Switch caps lock on CCD cALMER Change Directory CURSOR Large cursor DISKFREE Disk statistics DL Directory listing program EE Environment Editor EMPTYKBD Clear keyboard FASTNBY High-speed scanning of entire disk for changes FILEVIEW View / Extract / Print files FIM Memory Search Program FORMFEED Send a formfeed KILLDIR Remove directory inc. files LAZYBACK Automatic backup procedure MENU application menu MOVE moves files NBY Anti-Trojan / Virus program NOCURSOR remove cursor NUMOFF Switch num lock Off NUMON Switch num lock on PRINFOOL remove printer PRTIMER set printer time-out QT2 a cute little program (QUARTER TO) RAM reports how much ram is free for DOS SCH Scheduling system SCHEDULE part of SCH SCROLOFF Switch scroll lock Off SCROLON Switch scroll lock on SIPLUS Systems Information Plus TCT The Calmer TSR. (Dosedit, mouse etc.) TCTOFF TCT utility TCTON TCT utility TCTSETUP TCT utility TODAY Once a day processing utility ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .end of document readme.!!!