ATVKILLR.RVW   930430
 
                               Comparison Review
 
Company and product:
 
George R. Woodside       
5219 San Felicaino Drive
Woodland Hills, CA  91364
USA
(818) 348-9174
76537.1342@Compuserve.com
G.WOODSIDE@GEnie.com
woodside@ttidca.com (site unknown) ..!{philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside
VKILLER 3.84 (April, 1991)
 
Summary: scanner. disinfector and utilities
                              
 
Cost  donation
 
Rating (1-4, 1 = poor, 4 = very good)
      "Friendliness"
            Installation      
            Ease of use       
            Help systems      
      Compatibility           
      Company
            Stability         
            Support           
      Documentation           
      Hardware required       
      Performance             
      Availability            
      Local Support           
 
General Description:
 
 
 
                  Comparison of features and specifications
 
 
 
User Friendliness
 
Installation
 
No installation information is given, but the program is very simple to
install, with only a few related files, all contained in the distribution
archive.
 
Ease of use
 
The program is menu and icon driven.  Most options are self-explanatory. 
("Guard" could be clearer: it is the replacement of the boot sector with either
a "message" boot sector to overwrite any boot sector viri, or a "monitoring"
program.)
 
The program will allow you to examine disk sectors, although there does not
seem to be any provision for editting.
 
Help systems
 
None provided as such.
 
Compatibility
 
Unknown, but VKILLER is currently the most widely recommended Atari antiviral.
 
Company Stability
 
Unknown.
 
Company Support
 
Phone, mail, GEnie, Compuserve and Internet contacts are given.
 
Documentation
 
The manual does not cover all of the features of the program in detail, but
most can be figured out on screen.  The documentation does provide an excellent
overview of the Atari disk formats and structure as an exposition of how boot
sector viri work.
 
System Requirements
 
Medium or high resolution monitor.
 
Performance
 
Unknown, but this is currently the most widely recommended Atari antiviral.
 
Local Support
 
None provided.
 
Support Requirements
 
Unknown.  The program appears to be simple enough as not to need any support,
but advanced users will find additional functions they may find helpful.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1993   ATVKILLR.RVW   930430

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roberts@decus.ca         rslade@vcn.bc.ca         slade@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
"If you do buy a computer, don't turn it on." - Richards' 2nd Law of Security
Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94663-2 (800-SPRINGER)