How to create an
emergency disk
How to manually
update your DAT files
When a virus is
found in memory what to do
How to solve
"File I/O Error"
problem
How to create an
emergency disk
1.
Format an empty floppy disk with system
files. After inserting the new disk in
the floppy drive type FORMAT A:\ /S. You
should use this command in DOS prompt. It
will format your floppy disk and also
transfers the system files.
2.
You can create emergency disk in two
methods. If you have purchased Fire using
online purchase system, you will find a
folder C:\FAVSETUP\EMDISK. Copy the
EMDISK folder contents to your floppy
disk. Now the emergency disk is ready.
You can also create EMDISK using Windows
version of Fire. After formatting the
disk, use Create Emergency disk option in
the toos menu of Fire virus control
wizard. It will copy the necessary files
to your disk.
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How to manually
update your DAT files
Download the
latest DAT files.
You
will need to unzip the DAT files.
Using your unzipping software,
unzip (extract) the DAT files
into the related directory, based
on the product you have: DOS
and Windows 3.1: C:\Fire
Windows 95/98/NT:
C:\Program Files\Prognet\Fire
Once
the files are copied, reboot the
computer for the changes to take
effect.
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When a virus found
in memory what to do
Reboot
the machine through emergency disk and
run Fire.exe. It will detect and clean
the virus.
It
may be a false alarm too. Why?
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How
to solve "File I/O Error"
problem?
If you
try to clean an opened file this error
will occur. You should quit all windows
applications before going to clean. It is
advisable to reboot the machine through
the emergency disk and then remove the
virus.
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