Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
ideal on-demand scanner for checking downloads and scanning your
drives before backup? One that offers:

1. Top notch detection (uses Kaspersky scan engine)
2. No install required
3. Small incremental updates
4. Many updates per day
5. Is freeware

Then download Antidote:

http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/

Create the folder c:\superlite

If your extractor (unzipper) is unable to handle extracting the
files from the self-extracting file antidote.exe to c:\superlite then
download 7-Z :

http://www.7-zip.org/

Next, download the Windows version of wget.exe:

http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/

to c:\superlite

Finally, create the following batch file in Notepad and Save
it to c:\superlite

@echo off
cls
echo -----------------------------------------------
echo Updating using updates1 ftp site
echo -----------------------------------------------
wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/*.avc
wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/avp.*
echo -----------------------------------------------
echo Updating completed!
echo -----------------------------------------------

Name it UP1.BAT for updates1. You can create UP2.BAT and UP3.BAT as
well. Simply use updates2 and updates3 in place of updates1 in the
batches. Or get fancy and write a batch which offers alternate update
sites.

Drag the UP1.bat and superlite.exe icons out to the desktop, and
you're done. The first update will probably take some time, but
subsequent updates should go quickly if done often.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:21:30 GMT, Art <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
>ideal on-demand scanner for checking downloads and scanning your
>drives before backup? One that offers:
>
>1. Top notch detection (uses Kaspersky scan engine)
>2. No install required
>3. Small incremental updates
>4. Many updates per day
>5. Is freeware
>
>Then download Antidote:
>
>http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/
>
>Create the folder c:\superlite
>
>If your extractor (unzipper) is unable to handle extracting the
>files from the self-extracting file antidote.exe to c:\superlite then
>download 7-Z :
>
>http://www.7-zip.org/
>
>Next, download the Windows version of wget.exe:
>
>http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/
>
>to c:\superlite
>
>Finally, create the following batch file in Notepad and Save
>it to c:\superlite
>
>@echo off
>cls
>echo -----------------------------------------------
>echo Updating using updates1 ftp site
>echo -----------------------------------------------
>wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/*.avc
>wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/avp.*
>echo -----------------------------------------------
>echo Updating completed!
>echo -----------------------------------------------
>
>Name it UP1.BAT for updates1. You can create UP2.BAT and UP3.BAT as
>well. Simply use updates2 and updates3 in place of updates1 in the
>batches. Or get fancy and write a batch which offers alternate update
>sites.
>
>Drag the UP1.bat and superlite.exe icons out to the desktop, and
>you're done. The first update will probably take some time, but
>subsequent updates should go quickly if done often.

Additional notes:

1. After extracting the files from antidote.exe, it can be deleted.
You want to use c:\superlite\superlite.exe

2. The updater batch wildcard method works only for ftp update sites.

3. The so-called extra defs are included with sites that end in
/updates_x

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

Art wrote:
> Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
> ideal on-demand scanner for checking downloads and scanning your
> drives before backup? One that offers:
>
> 1. Top notch detection (uses Kaspersky scan engine)
> 2. No install required
> 3. Small incremental updates
> 4. Many updates per day
> 5. Is freeware
>
> Then download Antidote:
>
> http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/

Art:
I go to that link, go to the download page, only one option, it *says* it will be
no-install. I download a 6 MB whopper (on DUN), finally run it, am greeted with
InstallShield screen.

Where do I get the noinstall version?

Mike Sa

>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:00:09 -0700, ms <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>Art wrote:
>> Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
>> ideal on-demand scanner for checking downloads and scanning your
>> drives before backup? One that offers:
>>
>> 1. Top notch detection (uses Kaspersky scan engine)
>> 2. No install required
>> 3. Small incremental updates
>> 4. Many updates per day
>> 5. Is freeware
>>
>> Then download Antidote:
>>
>> http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/
>
>Art:
>I go to that link, go to the download page, only one option, it *says* it will be
>no-install. I download a 6 MB whopper (on DUN), finally run it, am greeted with
>InstallShield screen.
>
>Where do I get the noinstall version?
>
>Mike Sa
>
7-Zip will extract all the files.

Mel wrote:
>>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:00:09 -0700, ms <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>Art wrote:
>>
>>>Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
>>>ideal on-demand scanner for checking downloads and scanning your
>>>drives before backup? One that offers:
>>>
>>>1. Top notch detection (uses Kaspersky scan engine)
>>>2. No install required
>>>3. Small incremental updates
>>>4. Many updates per day
>>>5. Is freeware
>>>
>>>Then download Antidote:
>>>
>>>http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/
>>
>>Art:
>>I go to that link, go to the download page, only one option, it *says* it will be
>>no-install. I download a 6 MB whopper (on DUN), finally run it, am greeted with
>>InstallShield screen.
>>
>>Where do I get the noinstall version?
>>
>>Mike Sa
>>
>
> 7-Zip will extract all the files.

Interesting, UltimateZip fell down on this one. I opened the Antidote.exe, saw all
the files, but can't extract them. Maybe time to change my archiver.

Mike Sa

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:39:28 -0700, ms <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> 7-Zip will extract all the files.
>
>Interesting, UltimateZip fell down on this one. I opened the Antidote.exe, saw all
>the files, but can't extract them. Maybe time to change my archiver.

Someone on a virus list said Winzip will extract them as well. But I
guess that a O.T. suggestion on the freeware list? At least I don't
think Winzip is freeware. I know Izarc didn't work for me, which is
why I tried 7-Zip.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg

Mel wrote:
>>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:00:09 -0700, ms <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>Art wrote:
>>
>>>Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
>>
>>Where do I get the noinstall version?
>>
>>Mike Sa
>>
>
> 7-Zip will extract all the files.

Mel, thanks for the info. 7-Zip did extract all the files.

I will have to find out if it works with other InstallShield type installs, maybe
that will be a new way I haven't seen here (ACF) to salvage executables.

Mike Sa

>On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:17:52 -0700, ms wrote:
>
>Mel, thanks for the info. 7-Zip did extract all the files.
>
You're Welcome!
>
>I will have to find out if it works with other InstallShield type installs, maybe
>that will be a new way I haven't seen here (ACF) to salvage executables.
>
In various threads little snippets of information have popped up
concerning the extraction of files from setup .exe's & .msi's using
archive programs.

If you have run Antidote: What do you think of it?

My experience is: Antidote is very slooow!

Art wrote:
> Are you a "safe hexer" who never gets infected and wants the
> ideal on-demand scanner for checking downloads and scanning your
> drives before backup? One that offers:
>
> 1. Top notch detection (uses Kaspersky scan engine)
> 2. No install required
> 3. Small incremental updates
> 4. Many updates per day
> 5. Is freeware
>
> Then download Antidote:
>
> http://www.vintage-solutions.com/Eng...tivirus/Super/
>
> Create the folder c:\superlite
>
> If your extractor (unzipper) is unable to handle extracting the
> files from the self-extracting file antidote.exe to c:\superlite then
> download 7-Z :
>
> http://www.7-zip.org/
>
> Next, download the Windows version of wget.exe:
>
> http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/
>
> to c:\superlite
>
> Finally, create the following batch file in Notepad and Save
> it to c:\superlite
>
> @echo off
> cls
> echo -----------------------------------------------
> echo Updating using updates1 ftp site
> echo -----------------------------------------------
> wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/*.avc
> wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/avp.*
> echo -----------------------------------------------
> echo Updating completed!
> echo -----------------------------------------------
>
> Name it UP1.BAT for updates1. You can create UP2.BAT and UP3.BAT as
> well. Simply use updates2 and updates3 in place of updates1 in the
> batches. Or get fancy and write a batch which offers alternate update
> sites.
>
> Drag the UP1.bat and superlite.exe icons out to the desktop, and
> you're done. The first update will probably take some time, but
> subsequent updates should go quickly if done often.
>
> Art
>
> http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
Hi Art,
Thank you so much for Antidote! It is a great way to be able to check
the PC on the spot.
Also, very surprised and pleased with 7-zip.
All the best,
Neb
www.nebcomp.com

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:02:26 -0400, Neb <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi Art,
>Thank you so much for Antidote! It is a great way to be able to check
>the PC on the spot.
>Also, very surprised and pleased with 7-zip.
>All the best,
>Neb
>www.nebcomp.com

You're welcome. People complain about the slowness of the KAV scan
engine but IMO it's worth it. Especially with the extra defs, KAV is a
real heavy hitter in overall malware detection.

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg