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AnVir Virus Destroyer User's manual
User Interface
Main Window
Main window of AnVir Virus Destroyer contains tab bar with four tabs: Startup, Applications, Processes, and Log. Each tab opens corresponding window. You can switch between these windows. Each window has its own toolbar, main menu, and context menu.
Startup window shows the list of startup programs.
Applications window shows the list of top level windows.
Processes window shows the list of running processes.
Log window shows log info.
Startup Window
Startup window shows the programs that are launched automatically when Windows restarts, or when a user logs on. These programs can be files of any type, but usually it is an executable.
Auto-started item can be one of following types:
Record in the system registry.
An executable file placed in a system startup folder.
File link placed in a system startup folder.
Record in one of the special system files: autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini.
AnVir Virus Destroyer gives you quick and full access to all auto-started programs.
The following information is available for each auto-started program:
Section - name of section in registry where auto started program was found, or name of file placed in a special system folder.
Value - command line: path to executable file and parameters. This command line will be executed on Windows restart.
Loaded From - where was it loaded from. It can be a full path in the registry, or a full path to a folder in the file system.
First Found - when AnVir Virus Destroyer found this item first time. You can use this information to see the last changes in the startup list.
Running - whether the startup program is running at the moment, or not.
You can do the following actions to items:
Disable - exclude a program from the auto-start list. You will be able to enable the program later. To disable an item, clear the check in the check box at the left of the item name. To enable an item, set a check in the check box. (Note that items found in win.ini can not be disabled in such a way).
Delete - permanently exclude a program from the auto-start list. You will NOT be able to undo this action. If you are not sure whether you should delete an item or not, it is better to only disable an item.
Add new auto-started programs to the system registry.
View and change properties of a file that will be auto-started.
To open a system properties dialog box for an auto-started file, on the Edit menu, click Target File Properties.
To open Explorer positioned to folder with auto started file, on the Edit menu, click Target File Folder.
To open the system context menu for an auto-started file, on the Edit menu, click Context Menu.
Edit a record in the registry, or properties of a file link.
To change an entry's values, on the Edit menu, click Edit Entry. Note that items that are files themselves (not links) have no such menu.
To open Explorer positioned on the folder with a file link, or Registry Editor positioned on registry key, on the Edit menu, click Open Entry Location.
Run the program. To run the program with command line arguments (as it will be started on Windows restart), on the Edit menu, click Run Now.
To export startup records from your registry to a file, on the File menu, click Save as Html or Text. Later you will be able to restore these startup records to the registry.
To select types of auto started programs that should be represented, use the View menu.
Applications Window
The applications window contains a list of all top-level windows on your desktop. You can see
window titles of running applications
ID's of the processes that created the windows
application status: "Running" or "Not Responding".
To manipulate top-level windows, safely close all applications, and launch new applications, use the Edit menu.
Processes Window
The process window contains information about processes running on your computer. You can terminate and run processes, view process properties, and view a dynamic overview of your computer's performance.
Description of columns:
Process - name of a process. This is the name of an executable file.
PID - process unique numerical identifier.
CPU % - the percentage of processor resources used by the process.
Priority - a precedence ranking that determines the order in which processes are scheduled for a processor.
Executable File - full path to a process executable file.
File Description - executable file description provided by a file vendor.
File Size - executable file size.
Window Title - title of a process top level window. If a process has few top level windows, use Applications window for more control.
Parent PID - unique identifier of a process that created this process.
Work - time passed since a process was created [days hours minutes] or [hh:mm:ss]
Mem Usage - amount of memory used by a process
CPU Time - the total processor time used by a process since it started [hh:mm:ss]
Use the Edit menu or the context menu to perform the following actions:
terminate the process
terminate the process tree (terminate the process and all the processes created by the process)
run the process again with the same command line arguments
view properties of the executable file
view system context menu for the executable file of the running process
search in Web information about an executable file
Note that due to OS limitations, NT systems (Windows NT4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP) give more information about running applications than Win9x systems (Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Millennium).
Log Window
The log window contains info about created processes, windows and new startup items. You can see when a process was created and when it was terminated, who created a process and with what command line was it created, how long has it worked and how much processor time it used. You can see a log of the top-level windows creation. Also, the log window contains all virus alerts.
Settings
To open the setting dialog box, on the Options menu, click Settings. Via the setting dialog box, you can control AnVir Virus Destroyer's behavior.
Delete viral files - delete viruses when they are found. Default: true.
Cure infected registry and system files - restore the system settings that were changed by viruses. Default: true.
Show tray icon - show tray icon and tray menu. Default: true.
Minimize to tray - hide AnVir Virus Destroyer when it is minimized. Default: true.
Number of programs in tray menu - the maximum number of programs that will be automatically added to the tray menu. When a number of programs overcomes this value, some programs will be deleted from the tray menu. Default: 15.
Other Tools
To save all current data from any window (Startup, Applications, Processes, or Log) to the html, or a simple text file, and to edit this file, print it, or send it by e-mail, on the File menu, click Save as Html or Text.
To get quick access to common system utilities and special system folders, files, and registry keys, use the Tools menu.
Quick description of system tools:
Explorer - gives you access to disks, folders and files.
Registry Editor - an advanced tool for viewing and changing settings in the system registry, which contains information about how your computer runs.
Control Panel - gives access to all computer setting.
System Properties - displays information about main system properties.
Add or Remove Programs - a system dialog box which allows you to uninstall installed applications.
Msconfig - gives you access to startup information.
Sysedit - allows you to edit the following files: system.ini, win.ini, autoexec.bat, and config.sys.
System Information - collects and displays information about the configuration of your system. This is available on NT systems only (NT4, 2000, XP).
Event Viewer - allows you to monitor events recorded in the Application, Security, and System logs. This is available on NT systems only (NT4, 2000, XP).
Performance monitor - supports detailed monitoring of the utilization of operating system resources. This is available on NT systems only (NT4, 2000, XP).
Tray icon and menu
The tray icon displays the graphical representation of processor usage.
When you pause the mouse pointer on the tray icon, a tooltip appears. This tooltip contains a list of applications that use much of the processor recources at the moment.
When you right-click on tray icon, a context menu appears. This menu consists of two parts: list of applications, and list of folders. List of applications is filled automatically: when you start any application, it is added to this tray menu list. It allows you to get quick (two clicks) access to your favorite programs. If you delete a program from this menu, it will never appear in this menu again. The maximum number of applications in this list can be set in the settings dialog box. Default value is 15.
List of folders contains folders that you access more often. To add folder to the list, right-click on the tray icon. A tray context menu will appear. Click Add Folder, then browse for a folder and press Ok. The folder will be added to the list.
To open a folder, or to start an application from the tray menu list, point to the desired item in the tray menu and click on it.
To get, or to change any properties of any item, right click on the item. A context menu will appear. Click "properties". You can change, for instance, an application's command line or window size.
To remove any item from the list, right-click on the item, and in the context menu that appears, click "remove". This operation will only remove an item from this menu, and will not affect a target object.
Tray menu items are stored in %Program files%\AnVir Virus Destroyer\Tray folder, as standard Windows link files. So, if you need some extra control on these items, you can manipulate them as usual files.
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