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December 7, 2003
December 5, 2003
November 11, 2003
  • Updated the Sophos Review...
    Contributed by: Andrew J Lee (Good show!)
October 8, 2003
June 22, 2003
May 17, 2003
March 20, 2003
  • Updated the French translation of the Safe Hex page.
    Thank you Frederic!
March 13, 2003
  • Posted the updated / revised Safe Hex page.
    A collective effort -- working together to promote a safer Internet experience for all.
    Hats off and thumbs up to all the participants!
February 28, 2003
  • The latest BitDefender for DOS Review...
    Many thanks to Frederic as he patiently continues to evaluate new versions of BitDefender for DOS.
January 15, 2003
January 12, 2003
December 27, 2002
November 7, 2002
November 5, 2002
September 23, 2002
September 16, 2002
  • Updated ZEFRJPG - By Robert Green - Utility for recovering JPG files lost to the Loveletter Worm.
    New version of zefrjpg32 which incorporates a couple of bug fixes.
August 28, 2002
August 26, 2002
July 29, 2002
July 7, 2002
June 28, 2002
  • Added an online scanner section to the Anti-Virus Products page. (Still working on it as well...)
June 5, 2002
June 2, 2002
  • Added German AV review translations for AVG, McAfee and Sophos.
    Thanks Frederic! Come on over, I'll buy you a beer or 6... Goofy face
May 30, 2002
May 29, 2002
May 25, 2002
May 23, 2002
May 22, 2002
  • The F-PROT for DOS page has been revised.
    (Boot disk and floppy set creation instructions.)
May 18, 2002
May 15, 2002
May 13, 2002
May 5, 2002
  • Updated the French and German translations for Bob Green's updated ZEFRJPG JPG recovery tool.
    As always, sincere thanks to Frederic for the translations.
May 3, 2002
  • Updated the ZEFRJPG JPG recovery tool. - ZEFRJPG32.EXE* now included.
    Give it up for Bob Green. Give him a "Howdy Ho!" in A.C.V.   Big Grin
April 21, 2002
April 16, 2002
April 4, 2002
  • Updated the F-PROT for DOS page.
    (Slight change to the Creating a floppy "boot disk" and F-PROT scanner set section.)
    Many thanks to Emmanuel for the "heads up".
April 3, 2002
March 27, 2002
  • Updated the F-PROT for DOS page with version 1.6b of Art's Installer/Updater.
March 24, 2002
March 22, 2002
March 19, 2002
March 14, 2002
March 7, 2002
February 22, 2002
  • Updated the F-PROT for DOS page with version 1.6a of Art's Installer/Updater.
February 21, 2002
February 20, 2002
February 17, 2002
  • Updated the German and French Safe Hex pages with links to a.c.v and a.c.a-v on Google.
    Thanks Frederic.
  • Updated the F-PROT for DOS page with version 1.5c of Art's Installer/Updater.
February 9, 2002
February 8, 2002
  • Updated the F-PROT for DOS page with version 1.5b of Art's Installer/Updater.
January 28, 2002
January 26, 2002
January 25, 2002
  • Updated the F-PROT page - added explanation as to why you must rename nomacro.def to macro.def on the 2 floppy disk set.
    Provided by Frederic Bonroy.
January 22, 2002
January 20, 2002
  • Updated the German and French BadTrans.B removal pages.
    A hearty "Howdy Ho!" to Frederic Bonroy for providing the translation from the recent BadTrans.B removal (English) update.
January 16, 2002
January 15, 2002
  • Updated the BadTrans.B removal page with information and a "protocol.dll" decoder tool (thanks to Andreas Weller) for victims that want to send a warning to the addresses listed in the "protocol.dll".
January 3, 2002
January 2, 2002
December 30, 2001
  • Added German translation: Prevention is better than cure!
    This new years eve treat brought to you by: Gabriela Salvisberg
    Thanks to Gabriela and all the contributors to these anti-virus pages for their wonderful efforts this year!

    In fact, to Robert, Art, Frederic, Deniz, Paul, Andrew, Mark, Wessel, Lee, Jeff, Nick, Axel, Brian, Gabriela and all of the many others contributing to this site and these pages, helping people in A.C.V and writing cleanup/data restoration programs for malware "victims" this year; may you all have a safe, joyous, happy new year filled with good times and great friends.

    Happy New Year everyone! Spread Safe Hex, not viruses in 2002.
December 29, 2001
December 21, 2001
  • Reposted and updated the ZEFRJPG pages.
    Thanks to Bob Green for offering this unsupported jpeg recovery tool via claymania.com.
    Requests for support should be posted to the alt.comp.virus newsgroup.
December 19, 2001
December 14, 2001
December 5, 2001
November 27, 2001
November 25, 2001
November 24, 2001
November 21, 2001
November 16, 2001
  • Added French translation: AntiVir® PE antivirus review
    Thanks again to Frederic Bonroy for his dedication. :-)

    ACV will never die! ("The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out...")
    4Q lives!! VBG
    TGIF!
November 13, 2001
November 12, 2001
  • Added AntiVir® PE antivirus review: AntiVir® PE
    Frederic Bonroy decided to review this program -- now we can add another AV "freebie"!
November 9, 2001
November 8, 2001
November 1, 2001
  • Added French translation: Email Hoax Virus Alerts
    Frederic Bonroy kicks it up another notch!   No tricks, just treats. :-)
October 30, 2001
  • Added German translation: UNIX / Linux Viruses
    Another much appreciated contribution from the ever prolific Frederic Bonroy!
October 24, 2001
October 22, 2001
October 14, 2001
  • Added French translation: F-Prot for DOS
    Frederic Bonroy responds without hesitation to the call of duty (French feedback submission). Good show!!
September 29, 2001
September 25, 2001
September 16, 2001
September 13, 2001
  • Removed links to University of Tampere Virus Research Unit (Finland) test results as they were seriously outdated.
August 25, 2001
  • Updated: Safe Hex - Safe Computing Tips with a reference to the CLSID "hidden extention"
    (class ID extention - Georgi Guninski security advisory #42)
    Wessel Zaalberg suggested this awhile ago and I finally got 'round tuit. Sorry for the delay...    :-)
August 21, 2001
  • Added French translation of Nick FitzGerald's article: "Generic" Defense Products
    Frederic Bonroy returns from a top secret mission to resume life as a mild-mannered free-lance translator...
    Your secret is safe with me.    ;-D
August 18, 2001
July 21, 2001
July 8, 2001
July 5, 2001
July 1, 2001
  • Added French translation: Anti-Virus Content Navigation
    Frederic Bonroy kicks off the new month around here with a French site map... Good show!
June 27, 2001
June 26, 2001
June 24, 2001
June 23, 2001
  • Frederic Bonroy (alias Eagle Eye) provided corrections for various spelling errors (site-wide).
  • Andrew Lee sent me a bunch of updated links for the Reference Desk
    (I wish "they" would stop changing these URL's!!)
June 22, 2001
June 21, 2001
June 20, 2001
  • Updated/revised: Help! I think I have a virus!
    Added section 2.7: The scanner reports multiple infections
    After lengthy discussion, Frederic Bonroy and Andrew Lee (along with 30 "Helen"s...) agree.
  • Added French product review translations: Conseal, Tiny (personal firewalls) and McAfee (anti-virus)
    I'm beginning to wonder if Frederic Bonroy ever really sleeps... :)
June 18, 2001
June 16, 2001
June 11, 2001
  • Added new text: DOS primer
    Frederic Bonroy takes a break from translations to contribute this very useful and detailed primer.
    Bookmarking recommended.
June 7, 2001
June 6, 2001
  • Updated/revised: Help! I think I have a virus!
    Added section 2.6: The scanner reports a virus in memory
    Frederic Bonroy, Andrew Lee and Brian J Goggin
June 4, 2001
  • Updated/revised: Help! I think I have a virus!
    Frederic Bonroy made some changes to his text to make it easier to understand.
  • Added French translation: Firewalls / Filters
    - Hmmm... maybe I should title this the Frederic Bonroy Update Page... ;)
  • Added REVS Information link to (General Information): Reference Desk
June 2, 2001
May 29, 2001
  • Added German translation: Kak Removal Instructions
  • Added ACV Feedback Form translations: French | German
    What more can I say... translations by Frederic Bonroy... hip, hip hooray!
May 26, 2001
May 24, 2001
May 22, 2001
May 21, 2001
May 20, 2001
May 17, 2001
  • Created a Feedback Form for users.
    Hopefully, this feedback form will be helpful and not regrettable.
May 13, 2001
  • Added French translation: F-PROT for DOS Review
    Frederic Bonroy graciously provides us with another valuable contribution. Thank you!
May 8, 2001
May 7, 2001
May 6, 2001
  • Added more French A/V review translations: AVG | KAV | NOD32
    Frederic Bonroy must be doing French translations in his sleep!
May 5, 2001
  • Added Dutch translation: Badtrans Removal Utility (I-Worm.Badtrans)
    Wessel Zaalberg is back to provide this much appreciated contribution.

  • Updated the Badtrans Removal Page. (Rev. "B")
    Changed the REMBADTRANS infection check to look for KERN32.EXE (the Trojan portion) rather than INETD.EXE as some people may have removed the viral part but not the Trojan.

  • Added French translations: MTX Removal Utility and Hybris Removal Instructions.
    Congratulations to Frederic Bonroy, contributor of the week!

  • Added German translation: Anti-Virus Software Products .
    Mucho thanks to our newest translator, Deniz Oezmen!

  • Added a original graphic (with Main Menu page link) to all pages.
May 3, 2001
  • Added French translation: Badtrans Removal Utility (I-Worm.Badtrans)
    Frederic Bonroy continues to burn through the French translations. Bravo!!
May 2, 2001
April 30, 2001
  • Added content descriptions to the navigation (contents) page links.
    (Still working on improving navigation throughout the ACV pages. It'll take time...)
April 28, 2001
April 24, 2001
April 23, 2001
April 22, 2001
April 19, 2001


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