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[Ed. The following is the first part of Chris McDonald's product
review of Flu_Shot+.  The complete text to this review, along with the
rest of Chris's (and Rob Slade's) reviews, is available for anonymous
FTP on cert.sei.cmu.edu (IP # 128.237.253.5) in the
pub/virus-l/docs/reviews directory.]

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                                                                          PT-27
							               May 1991
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1.  Product Description:  Flu_Shot+ is a shareware program to assist a user in
detecting "suspicious" activity which may be indicative of a malicious program.

2.  Product Acquisition:  Flu_Shot+ is available from Software Concepts Design,
594 Third Avenue, New York City, NY 10016.  The cost for version 1.81 is $15.00
plus $4.00 handling charges.  Site licenses are available.  The program is
available on the Internet to include the host simtel20 in the path:  pd1:
<msdos.trojan-pro>fsp_181.zip.  The author of the program is Ross Greenberg,
who is also associated with the commercial program Virex-PC (see PT-23, Revised
May 1991).

3.  Product Tester:  Chris Mc Donald, Computer Systems Analyst, Information
Systems Command, White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002-5506, DSN:  258-4176, DDN:
cmcdonal@wsmr-emh03.army.mil or cmcdonald@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil.

4.  Product Test:

    a.  I acquired version 1.5 in January 1989 from the simtel20 repository.
Then the registration fee was $10.00 plus $4.00 handling.  I registered my
copy at that time and have continued to download revisions to the program
through version 1.81 to look for any significant changes.  At version 1.7 Mr.
Greenberg indicated that future upgrades to Flu_Shot+ might end because he had
entered into an agreement with a commercial firm to market the program's
protection features with additional viral scanning and disinfection
capabilities.  The commercial firm is now Microcom Software Division which
markets Virex-PC.  While Mr. Greenberg actually sold Microcom Flu_Shot++, not
Flu_Shot+, I was somewhat surprised when version 1.81 reached the repository in
December 1990.  This version came bundled with a demonstration copy of the
viral scanning capability of Virex-PC.  Subsequent electronic communications
with Mr. Greenberg suggest that Microcom may view continued releases of
Flu_Shot+ as a commonsense marketing strategy to migrate users to their
commercial product.

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