Antidote (SuperLite) antivirus

[Art]

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/English/Antivirus/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

 

[Art]

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/English/Antivirus/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

 

[ms]

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/English/Antivirus/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

 

[Mel]

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.

 

[ms]

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

 

[Art]

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

 

[ms]

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

 

[Mel]

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!

 

[Neb]

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/English/Antivirus/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

 

[Art]

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

 

[ms]

You're Welcome!


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!

My comments: (on a P166, but usually pretty quick.
The website says its a no-install, the download is an install, does not impress me.

Yes, it is very slow, just on my C partition, to check W98SE and about 200 saved
archives, after 2 hours, I had to stop.

It can't be stopped in midscan. I had to close it with Task Manager.

It has a small very persistant window above the main window, to go online. No way
to close that window.

When stopped, no way to save existing results to a text file.

It had labeled a bunch of windows help chm files as corrupted, I had just run the
latest Stinger, it found nothing, Antivir never flagged them.

I read Art's post, hope he can comment on this.

Mike Sa

 

[Mel]

My comments: (on a P166, but usually pretty quick.
The website says its a no-install, the download is an install, does not impress me.

It may be a no-install: Basically it extracts all of the encapsulated
files to a temp dir then executes "superlite.exe", since I didn't run
the program that way, the question I have is: Does the temp dir get
deleted when you exit the program?

Yes, it is very slow, just on my C partition, to check W98SE and about 200 saved
archives, after 2 hours, I had to stop.

It seems to take 20 times longer to scan the same files that I scan with
avg with comparable scan settings.

It can't be stopped in midscan. I had to close it with Task Manager.

After reading your experience: I tried this, and after hitting stop it
took a minute or so to stop, but it did stop with a message "scan
cancelled by user" or something like that.

It has a small very persistant window above the main window, to go online. No way
to close that window.

Yup: Two windows that stay on-top with no option to minimize!

When stopped, no way to save existing results to a text file.

Right-clicking in the file name/result pane opens a dialog box to save a
..log file.

It had labeled a bunch of windows help chm files as corrupted, I had just run the
latest Stinger, it found nothing, Antivir never flagged them.

I saw the same thing with some .chem files, but as long as they work
I'll ignore the corrupt message. What is interesting is the other
results superlite displayed:
Archive : ZIP
Archive : RAR
Archive : Inno

 

[Art]

It had labeled a bunch of windows help chm files as corrupted, I had just run the
latest Stinger, it found nothing, Antivir never flagged them.

I read Art's post, hope he can comment on this.

On what? The file corruption report? I have no idea. KAV finds some
..OBJ files I have in my QB45 folder "corrupted". I know they're not
and nowdays I simply ignore such reports. Five years back when I first
started using KAV (the old AVPLITE for DOS) I would submit samples to
Kaspersky and they would promptly correct their problems. They're very
good about that, and they couldn't care less that you're using some
free version. They just want to fix the problems.

Insofar as slowness, you would want to scan archives (zips and cabs,
etc.) the first time you use KAV but after that it's a waste of time
to keep scanning them over and over again. And don't bother with the
redundant scan. It's unnecesary. Also, I don't bother scanning email
or email archives since I simply delete all unsolicted email
attackments. If there is a file attackment I want to scan on demand, I
Save it to a temp folder and scan it there. So you can
can cut down considerably on the time it takes to do a routine scan
of a drive. In fact, I don't even bother scanning a entire drive
any more. I think it's sufficient (for me anyway) to only scan
Windows. And I don't do that often. Only before I backup to a cloned
hard drive. And then av scanning is just one of many checks I do.
Since I never have any malware or spyware problems, it requires
discipline on my part to bother doing any kind of checks or scanning
nowdays.

BTW, I have no idea about your financial circumstances but my gawd!
A P166? What do expect in a world dominated by machines hundreds
times faster? I just purchased a couple of 1.8 ghz machines for $200
each. And to complain about a 6 meg download of a av scanner is
ludicrous nowdays when some av have 7 meg update files alone!

I can scan Windows in just a few minutes and a entire drive on a few
more minutes, so the relative slowness of a top notch scan engine
doesn't mean anything to me.

Art

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

 

[ms]

BTW, I have no idea about your financial circumstances but my gawd!
A P166? What do expect in a world dominated by machines hundreds
times faster? I just purchased a couple of 1.8 ghz machines for $200
each. And to complain about a 6 meg download of a av scanner is
ludicrous nowdays when some av have 7 meg update files alone!

I can scan Windows in just a few minutes and a entire drive on a few
more minutes, so the relative slowness of a top notch scan engine
doesn't mean anything to me.

Art
Art wrote:



On what? The file corruption report? I have no idea. KAV finds some

BTW, I have no idea about your financial circumstances but my gawd!
A P166? What do expect in a world dominated by machines hundreds
times faster? I just purchased a couple of 1.8 ghz machines for $200
each. And to complain about a 6 meg download of a av scanner is
ludicrous nowdays when some av have 7 meg update files alone!

I can scan Windows in just a few minutes and a entire drive on a few
more minutes, so the relative slowness of a top notch scan engine
doesn't mean anything to me.

Art

It's not the cost of a new Dell- $500+, I also have a 700 MHZ machine, but it's
the work of transferring all my files over to any other machine, and in a new
machine, I have to learn XP and learn all the shutdown tweaks I did in W98SE, to
make XP safe. Due to age/medical issues, I won't do it until I have to. And my
P166 does fine usually, your tips will help speed up a scan.

BTW, where do you get a 1.8 GHZ machine for $200?

Mike Sa

 

[Art]

BTW, where do you get a 1.8 GHZ machine for $200?

From a local guy who builds and sells them. He gives a choice of Win
98SE or Win 2K Pro. I went with the latter for the learning
experience. But my wife still has a rock solid Win ME machine plugging
away without any problems. It has a 900 mhz PIII.

Art

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