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                   F-PROT ANTIVIRUS 4.6.0

                      for Solaris x86

                       RELEASE NOTES
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This document describes the changes in the software since F-Prot
Antivirus 4.5.4.


MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS
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4.6.0:

Version 4.6.0 contains significant changes to the F-Prot Antivirus
Mail Scanner.  Two changes are most noteworthy: The Mail Scanner
deletes (drops) e-mails that contain mass-mailer worms and removes
executable attachments from e-mails even if they are not detected as
infected.  Both behaviours are configurable.

Dropping mass-mailer e-mails spares end-users the trouble of deleting
those messages manually and saves time otherwise spent on deleting
empty mass-mailed messages.  Since these messages are automatically
sent by infected computers then they are of no value to the recipient.

Normal e-mail usage does not require receiving executable attachments
and executable attachment received via e-mail are by now almost always
worms and viruses.  In fact some e-mail clients by default do not
allow the user to open such attachment.  The default list of types of
attachments restricted by the F-Prot Antivirus Mail Scanner is in part
based on a list of "Attachment File Types Restricted by Outlook 2003",
available at the time of this writing at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011402971033.aspx

The automatic quarantining of all e-mail messages with executable
attachments, even when not identified as malicious, prevents the vast
majority of new and unknown threats from entering your system via
e-mail before the antivirus software has been updated.  We recommend
that you only turns feature off if you truly require the ability to
receive such attachments on a regular basis.

F-Prot Antivirus is now configure using a central configuration file,
/etc/f-prot.conf.  For more information please read the comments in
the file that explain each option.

The install program has been extended to automatically configure mail
servers to use F-Prot Antivirus.

The F-Prot Antivirus Daemon Scanner now supports persistent connections.


MINOR ENHANCEMENTS AND BUGFIXES
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Please see the CHANGES document in the package for more information.


2005-08-08