QUICKREF.RVW 960906 Quick reference antiviral review chart maintained by Robert M. Slade This listing is intended to give a quick overview guide to the comparative features and effectiveness of the many different antiviral products. If the version numbers are out of date, please send updated copies for review to Rob Slade at the address given at the end of this list. The companion files "Antiviral Software Evaluation FAQ" (AVREVIEW.FAQ) and "Antiviral contacts listing" (CONTACTS.LST) provide additional related information. All three files are available in the Computer Virus SIG of the Victoria (BC, Canada) Freenet (telnet://guest@freenet.victoria.bc.ca and give the command "go virus"). (This file is the basis for Appendix B of "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses".) Product Ver Type UI Doc Ease Ovrl Price Comments SDRIMOE CG 1-4 I U 1-4 | | | | | | | | Amiga BootX (discontined)5.23 SDRM G free amiga.physik.unizh.ch, ux1.cso.uiuc.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors2/amiga.physik.unizh.ch/util/virus Computer Malware B.9508 info 4 4 Free VTC, cert LDV 1.73 VirusChecker 6.26 free amiga.physik.unizh.ch, ux1.cso.uiuc.edu or wuarchive.wustl.edu VirusZ 3.06 Virus Tracker 2.45 ZeroVirus Atari Chasseur II D ATCHSSR2.RVW atari.archive.umich.edu FCHECK 25 I ATFCHECK.RVW atari.archive.umich.edu Protect6 DR ATPROTCT.RVW atari.archive.umich.edu or larserio@ifi.uio.no Sagrotan 4.12 S ATSAGRTN.RVW atari.archive.umich.edu VIRUSDIE S ATVIRDIE.RVW atari.archive.umich.edu Computer Malware B.9508 info 4 4 Free VTC, cert VKILLER 3.84 SD ATVKILLR.RVW woodside@ttidca.com or atari.archive.umich.edu /atari/Utilities/Virus Mac Computer Malware B.9508 info 4 4 Free VTC, cert Disinfectant 3.6 SDR Free nwu, sumex-aim.stanford.edu, mac.archive.umich.edu Gatekeeper 1.3 R MO Free (no longer supported) Chris Johnson Rival Microseeds Publishing SAM 5 SD M $99 Symantec/Norton Virex 4.5.5 (see MS-DOS, product not by same author) VirusDetective 5.10.5 Jeff Shulman MS-DOS AntiViral ToolKit 2.2 SDRI $59.95 KAMI, various agents 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 AVAST! 7.50 SDRIMO CG 3 3 2 3 PCAVAST.RVW ALWIL Software Computer Malware B.9508 info 4 4 Free (note also CARObase VTC, cert and CMB) Data Physician + 4.01 SDRIM C 2 2 2 2 PCDATPHS.RVW Digital Dispatch DISKSECURE 2.42 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 Dr. Sol. AVToolkit 7.62 SDRIMO CG 3 2 3 4 PCDSAVT.RVW S&S International Ltd., support@sands.co.uk, support@us.drsolomon.com F-PROT 2.24a SDR CG 3 3 3 4 home - free, bus. - $1/CPU sales@complex.is, risc, urvax, eugene, garbo PCFPROT.RVW F-PROT Profession 2.22 SDRI CG 3 3 3 4 Data Fellows PCFPROTD.RVW Command Software PCFPROTC.RVW Hoffman Summary 608 info G 3 3 $35 risc, urvax, eugene HS 3.58 I C 2 2 2 3 $15 PCHS.RVW Stroem System Soft HyperACCESS/5 S C 2 1 2 2 PCHA5.RVW, term program Higraeve with scanner IBM Antivirus/DOS 2.5 SRDI CG 2 2 2 3 $35 PCIBMAV.RVW local IBM rep Immune II 4.1 SD M CG 1 1 3 2 $40 PCIMMUN2.RVW Higher Ground Diagnositcs (see also PC-Cillin) Integrity Master 3.02aS I CG 4 3 3 3 $28 PCIM.RVW risc, urvax, eugene LANProtect 1.1 S CG 1 2 2 2 Intel Norton AntiVirus 3.0 SDRI G 2 3 2 3 $130 PCNRTNAV.RVW Symantec PC-Cillin 5.02 SDRIM G 3 3 3 2 $139 PCCILL2N.RVW Trend Micro Rising Anti-Virus M C 1 2 2 2 PCRAVC.RVW Rising Science and Technology Inc. SafeWord Virus-Safe1.12 I C 2 3 4 3 PCSAFWRD.RVW Enigma Logic SIX (also BRECT) 3.08 I C 2 3 2 2 Free PCSIX.RVW DriftNet BBS +1-506-325-9002 Thunderbyte Utility7.04 SDRIMOE C 2 2 3 3 $29 PCTBSCAN.RVW 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 (unsupported?) VDS 2.10T I CG 2 2 3 2 PCVDS.RVW risc, urvax, eugene VET 9.0 SDRIM CG 3 3 3 3 PCVET.RVW Cybec Victor Charlie 5.0 IM C 3 2 3 3 $99 PCVC.RVW Delta Base Enterprises Virex-PC 2.96 SDRIM G 4 2 4 4 $49 PCVIREX.RVW Datawatch (VIRx now assumed under this product) Virus0Buster 4.84 SDRIMO CG 3 3 3 4 PCVRBSTR.RVW Leprechaun Software (70451.3621@compuserve.com) VIRUSCAN Suite 2.51 SDRIM C 2 2 2 3 ~$25/module risc, urvax, SIMTEL, garbo, mcafee.com PCSCAN.RVW VirusNet PC SDRI CG 3 3 3 3 PCVIRSNT.RVW SafetyNet (See also F-PROT) VirusSafe LAN 6.8 SDRI O CG 2 2 3 2 PCVIRSAF.RVW EliaShim Micro Vi-Spy 14.0 SDR M CG 2 2 3 3 $150 PCVISPY.RVW RG Software Systems OS/2 HyperACCESS/5 S C 2 1 2 2 PCHA5.RVW, term program Higraeve with scanner IBM Antivirus/OS/2 2.5 SRDI CG 2 2 2 3 $35 PCIBMAV.RVW local IBM rep SCAN/OS/2 Suite 2.22 SDRIM C 2 2 2 3 ~$35/module risc, urvax, SIMTEL, garbo, mcafee.com UNIX Computer Malware B.9508 info 4 4 Free VTC, cert Tripwire I Free ftp.cs.purdue.edu pub/spaf/COAST/Tripwire VirusScan/Solaris SD U$200/server risc, urvax, SIMTEL, garbo, mcafee.com | | | | | | | | 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: VTC - ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (134.100.4.42) cert - virus materials now moved to cs.ucr.edu eugene - eugene.utmb.edu (129.109.9.21) garbo - garbo.uwasa.fi (193.166.120.5) nwu - ftp.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.113.52) risc - risc.ua.edu (130.160.4.7) simtel - ftp.coast.net (mirrored at other places) urvax - urvax.urich.edu (141.166.36.6) For more detailed reviews see /pub/virus-l/docs/reviews at cert For general virus info see the VIRUS-L/comp.virus FAQ at ftp://cs.ucr.edu/pub/virus-l/vlfaq200.txt Please send updated versions of antivirals to Rob Slade at 3118 Baird Road, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, V7K 2G6. Publishers shipping from outside of Canada are advised to label the materials as samples per GST section 215(1), without value and not subject to GST. Also please note that UPS seems to have extreme difficulty in getting shipments into the country. Neither Rob Slade nor V.I.R.U.S. take any responsibility for shipments delayed or refused at Customs for failure to follow these directions. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1992-96 QUICKREF.RVW 960906 ====================== roberts@decus.ca rslade@vcn.bc.ca slade@freenet.victoria.bc.ca link to virus, book info at http://www.freenet.victoria.bc.ca/techrev/rms.html Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94663-2 (800-SPRINGER)