Release Notes
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SWEEP for NetWare version 3.00
Release 1st August 1997
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There are no noteworthy changes other than the usual addition of
detection and disinfection of the latest viruses.



SWEEP for NetWare version 2.99
Release 1st July 1997
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The memory footprint of SWEEP.NLM has been reduced by handling
SWEEP's built-in virus identities in a different way. This should
lead to better running on servers with memory configurations
close to the limits recommended by Novell.



SWEEP for NetWare version 2.98
Release 3rd June 1997
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The handling of DOS and Macintosh files (see the configuration menu
option "File types" for both Immediate and Scheduled sweeps) has been
rationalised.

NOTE: if you have Macintosh support installed, but have selected "DOS
files" in the "File types" menu, this version of SWEEP for NetWare will
no longer scan the data fork of Macintosh files. Previous versions would
(wrongly) examine Macinstosh data forks, and would thus discover Word
viruses in Macintosh files even if Macintosh file-scanning was
disabled. If you have Macintosh files on your server, and wish to scan
them for Word viruses, make sure you have made an appropriate selection
in the "File types" menu.



SWEEP for NetWare version 2.97
Release 1st May 1997
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There are no changes other than the usual addition of detection and
disinfection of the latest viruses.



SWEEP for NetWare version 2.96
Release 1st April 1997
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As announced last month, the internal configuration of SWEEP's Directory
Services support (enabled if LOAD SWEEP -DS is used) has changed. To
bring this new configuration into play, SWEEP will need to login to the
directory tree, just as if did when you first invoked Directory Service
support. This means you will need to enter the name and password of an
administrator-privilege account when this new version of SWEEP loads for
the first time.

Some versions of RCONSOLE do not relay the keystrokes <Ctrl-PgUp> and
<Ctrl-PgDn> to the remote console, making it impossible to use these
keys in the logfile viewer to go quickly to the top or bottom of the
log. To resolve this, the keystroke <Ctrl-E> can now be used instead of
<Ctrl-PgUp> (go to top of logfile), and <Ctrl-X> instead of <Ctrl-PgDn>
(go to bottom of logfile).



SWEEP for NetWare version 2.95
Release 3rd March 1997
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SWEEP can now be configured to exclude files from being swept. This is
useful if you wish to stop SWEEP checking objects such as system files.
Files to be excluded can be specified by absolute path (including
volume, directory and full filename) or by filename only. If only a name
is used, objects with that name will be excluded regardless of the
directory they are in. For security reasons, subdirectories cannot be
excluded.

To add exclusions, choose "Administration" from the main menu, and then
choose "Exclusions". Entries are added to and deleted from the list with
<INS> and <DEL>, as usual. Exclusions apply to immediate jobs, scheduled
jobs and real-time scanning, but not to InterCheck requests.

SWEEP will no longer disinfect objects in the INFECTED directory.

The default list of executable extensions now includes DOC and XL?. If
you have previously changed your extension list from the default, this
change will not affect you. To check what is in your extension list,
choose "Administration"/"Executables"/"View/modify" from the main menu.

SWEEP now uses the terms "Virus" and "Virus fragment" in place of
"Identity" and "Pattern". Please be aware of this if you have scripts
which post-process report files. This change has been synchronised
across SWEEP 2.95 for all platforms.


NOTE: next month, the internal configuration of SWEEP's Directory
Services support (enabled if LOAD SWEEP -DS is used) will change. To
effect this reconfiguration, SWEEP will need to login to the directory
tree, just as if you were invoking Directory Service support for the
first time. This means that you will need to enter the name and password
of an administrator- privilege account when SWEEP for NetWare 2.96 is
first loaded with the -DS qualifier *even if you have already configured
SWEEP for Directory Services*.  Please bear this in mind if you have
automated scripts which load up new monthly updates.


