               Resque antivirus
How to use resav.exe
The program is relativly self explanatory 
I recommend running it from an immediate subdir of c:\
with no more than three digits such as c:\asm
but this is not nessacary.
press the F1 key an enter a file name 
it will create a data file for the file,everytime it's entered
after that it will compare the acual file to the datafile
an will warm you if the file has changed, if a new datafile is made
for the file agian, it is possible that a virus is deleting the old
data to try to prevent detection and disinfection,for this reason
you may want to move all .asc files to a:\ (these are the data files)
to do this go to the directory the data file is in an type
move *.asc a:\ and have the disk in a:\
after this the disk should be write protected, do this by switching
the tab on the disk over.
press F2 an enter the filename to disinfect, this restores thge file
to its origanal condition
F3
this function is currently disabled
F4
About, press any key to return from about to the main menu, if you
want to quit press any key other than F1-F4
        Introduction:
  The program that should be included with this documentation
is named resav.exe, it is a disinfector of unknown virus's, it also
detects curropted or virus infected files.It does not detect boot
sector virus's,it's main purpose is to detect virus's that commercial
scanners have not yet recieved a copy of and to disinfect them and/or 
any files that a virus scanner is uncapable of repairing, if you 
trade files over the internet there's a good chance you'll come in
contact with a new virus or a new strain of a virus an so i would
strongly recommend using resav or another integrity checker, as well
as a virus scanner, Resav can usually disinfect files, sometimes it
cannot, but it offers the highest level of successful disinfection rates
i have seen of any of the disinfectors i've tried, I was unsatisfied
with the other programs disinfection rates thats why the time to write it an 
let people use it for free.I don't belive there is any one solution to 
fighting virus's using an integrity checker as well as a virus scanner is
in my opion the best combination for success.Some files naturally change
in content, some of these are possible to infect, these makes the integrity
checker vunrable to these virus's, scanners are totally unable to fight
agiant new virus's, hueristic scanning is in my opion a joke in it's 
current state, and unlikely to catch any virus that was written by a 
knowledgeable author, a good integrity checker however will catch an 
disinfect these virus's without a problem, that's why i fell the 
combination of the two technique's is necasarry.
   Dog.ExE
This utility will allow you to view sectors 1-9 of a: or c:
for serios reasons that you can make your drive unbootable
by writting directly to the disk, i did not include a write enabling
procedure,if you need to do this get a diskeditor, dog.exe is 
meant to be used under a dos box in win95, it has not been tested
under any other platforms, it may or may not introduce problems
under other systems, if u get a 0's or all one digit then it is not
working, it is quite common for as much as half a sector to be 0's though
but not the entire sector.
This information is my personal information an how you can contact me.
Job offers, question, comments, suggestions are welcome.
Note about job offers, I will not write programs without being paid 
in advance, or by the hour in a workplace enviroment, sorry but there are
some sharks in the sea. 
Note about suggestions, if you have ideas for this or ideas about what
you feel would be a useful program please write to me, I'm always
looking for new ideas.
buick@midwest.net
618-244-0702 (ask for kevin, leave number if im not home)
Known Problems:
very occasionally the cursor may seem to dissapear, it doesnt really
go away an if you press enter key a few times it will reappear at
the 
<c:\>
of you dos box
Back To Res_av :p
Other than that resav should function smoothly under ms-dos an most clones.
It can effectively identify an clean almost every type of known infection.
It can identify an clean unknown virus's that no virus scanner could remove
or identify, even once the virus has been discovered by the researchers
it takes time before you ever get the update, many scanners are only updated
every 2 months, most virus's spread for quite sometime before they are 
added to the update.Often different strains of the virus will cause
the virus scanner to be unable to clean to file, resav can clean files 
without problems the vast majority of the time.As, i stated earlier both
methods have there advantages, i dont consider one better than the other.
For most file types, I find the resav approach perferable, there are
however some file type's that a scanning method is the only way to go.
You are unlikely to encounter a virus of this nature, but it is possible,
That being said i invite you to give resav a try, i think you'll find it
quite useful (possibly a life savor) if a virus ever does infect your system.




