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                                * AVDisk v4 *
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This program makes it easy to create anti-virus startup disks using Frisk
Software Internationals F-Prot for DOS anti-virus program which is free of
charge for private use.

Simply extract all files in this archive into your F-Prot directory and
run the AVDisk program.

You will need two blank 1.44MB floppy disks, you can optionaly format
them using the AVDisk program if you wish.


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==Notes==
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AVDisk requires some system files from your operating system to work.
The program should automatically find these files itself, but if it can
not you may need to specify the full path to your operating system as a
command line parameter, for example:

   AVDisk C:\Windows

You should update your anti-virus software and startup disks regularly
(a minimum of once every month) or your system will not be capable of
detecting the latest viruses. This involves updating your anti-virus
software itself as new versions are released and also its virus definition
files which provide the information required to detect most viruses.
Definition files are released much more frequently then new software versions.

It is not a good idea to use your AV disks on another computer unless you
are sure that it has an operating system which is either identical to or 
a previous version of the operating system on which the disks were created
due to possible differences in file system support.


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==Support==
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AVDisk is copyright DigitAl56K 1999       (al@digital56k.free-online.co.uk)
SearchRD is copyright Deniz Oezmen 1999   (Deniz.Oezmen@t-online.de)

In the intrests of maintaining a standardised version of this program
please do not modify it yourself, I appreciate bug reports and suggestions
which enable me to make changes that everyone can benefit from.
All comments are welcome!

Please check for new versions at:
http://www.digital56k.free-online.co.uk/

Point your newsgroup reader at alt.comp.virus for anti-virus help, although
please do not under any circumstances post virus samples to this group.


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==Revision history==
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v4 - Updated to work with F-Prot 3.06 which includes a new definition file and
     files are now stored differently on the floppies so that free space is
     better balanced.

     Also included is a new revision of SearchRD by Deniz to fix a bug which
     reported the RAMDrive volume incorrectly under certain circumstances.

v3 - Automatic RAMDrive detection is back thanks to the excellent SearchRD
     created by Deniz Oezmen. AVDisk will now only prompt you for the RAM drive
     volume letter in the unlikely event that it can not be auto-detected.

v2 - Users must now type the letter of the ram drive during startup. This
     is a simple process which should not cause any problems but that will
     make sure startup disks will work on all systems. The AVDisk program
     now uses only commands supplied with all versions of Microsoft operating
     systems supporting MSDOS for better compatibility.

     This readme file now has version information so you know what you have got
     and I have also updated the Notes and Support sections.

     To prevent altered versions of this software being distributed I have also
     included PGP signatures for all files in this release which you can use to
     verify that the files have not been altered since I made them if you want.
     You can download PGP freeware from www.pgpi.org

v1 - Original launch version.