
APSCAN.EXE  -  ANXIETY.POPPY.III virus remover - July 8, 1998

SCAN.EXE, available within betascan.zip from http://beta.nai.com/public/DataFiles, accompanied by the latest beta .DATs can identify the virus known as ANXIETY.POPPY.III. This virus infects PE files within Windows 95.

This executable is designed to correct and remove the virus from within of PE files. Usage is:

	APSCAN.EXE [-s] [-c] FILENAME.EXE

	-s = scan subdirectories
	-c = clean infected file
	if no option is specified, APSCAN will identify if the file is infected

The standard output for the remover when no option is specified on an infected file:


	APScan v1.0.0  ANXIETY.POPPY.III virus scanner.
	Copyright (c) 1998 Network Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.

	FILENAME.EXE is infected with ANXIETY.POPPY.III.

	1 file(s) infected.

	Cleaned 0 file(s).


The standard output for the remover when the -c option is specified on an infected file:


	APScan v1.0.0  ANXIETY.POPPY.III virus scanner.
	Copyright (c) 1998 Network Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.

	FILENAME.EXE is infected with ANXIETY.POPPY.III.
	    Virus successfully removed.

	1 file(s) infected.

	Cleaned 1 file(s).


If the file has been cleaned by this process already, running APSCAN.EXE with the -c option again will confirm the infection is removed:


	APScan v1.0.0  ANXIETY.POPPY.III virus scanner.
	Copyright (c) 1998 Network Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.


	0 file(s) infected.

	Cleaned 0 file(s).



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* full name
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