Hi folks!


General comments:


The last years I've had many reactions regarding VDAT, almost all of them
positive. Apparently it has been useful for others too.

Recently, I've been getting too many negative reactions to my monthly updates
and the contents thereof. These collections and the updates were once started
for my personal use and because of their popularity were made available to
the general public. Since I'm not and never was looking for any compensation
for these files I'm sometimes surprised at the reactions I've been getting.
I was expecting these negative reactions from the AV side but they have
been remarkably silent. All negative reactions were from VX origin.

Mainly due to these reactions but also due to lack of time my collections and
the updates were permanently removed from my website. In the future these
files will only be available for myself and a select few.

Also I've been getting similar reactions to VDAT and it's content. I guess
I'm stirring up too much dust. For now I'm still working on future releases to
VDAT but I am not sure if I'll ever release any and if these releases will
then be public.

I'd still like to thank those that have contributed and still contribute to
my collection and those that have provided information for use in VDAT.

         In alphabetical order:

         - Aurodreph
         - Bozo
         - Dark Fiber
         - Dark Killer
         - Dark Knight
         - Darkside
         - D.G. (Italy)
         - Dirty Nazi
         - Executioner
         - Foxz
         - Glitch
         - God@rky
         - Gothmog
         - Griyo
         - Horny Toad
         - Icebreaker
         - Jack T. Ripper
         - Jerk1N
         - JHB
         - Knight Of Virus
         - Knowdeth
         - Kronos
         - Landing Camel
         - LovinGod
         - Lord Julius
         - Lord Natas
         - Lucifer Messiah
         - Methyl
         - MGL
         - Mister Sandman
         - Neophyte
         - Nightmare Joker
         - Nucleii
         - Omega
         - Opic
         - Poltergeist
         - Putoksa Kawayan
         - Pyro
         - Q The Misanthrope
         - Recoder
         - RedArc
         - Reptile
         - Sepultura
         - Shadow Seeker
         - Silver Surfer AKA ...
         - Slagehammer
         - Spanska
         - Spooky
         - Stealth Warrior
         - Stormbringer
         - Tally
         - Talon
         - Vecna
         - VicodinES
         - Virogen
         - Virtual Daemon
         - VirusBuster
         - Zhuge Jin

         and quite a few I'm sure don't want to be mentioned by name or
         handle ;-) (you know who you are!)

VDAT/DOS:


VDAT for DOS has been discontinued. I found it impossible to keep both
versions up-to-date within my available spare time (Yes, it is still a hobby).

I know some of you DOS gurus are going to be disappointed but since the HTML
version is easier to convert to a subsequent 'online' version this was the
way to go.

VDAT/HTML:


In this archive you'll find the sixth release of the Windows (HTML) version
of VDAT.

This release is a so called 'stand alone' version and does not require a
Web/HTML browser.

The browser allows many user inputs to change the page layout. Additionally
it will allow defining a default Web browser so that any HTTP links will work
using the selected browser.

It was developed and optimized for a 800x600 screen size but should work
perfect in other resolutions, font sizes can be changed to optimize the
layout..

The optimum result is with the following page layout (menu):

View - Proportional Font - Arial or Verdana (Regular/13)
View - Fixed Font - Lucida Console (Regular/13)
Screen size: 800x600

Nice-to-know features of the shell:


- Option of multiple open windows (starting a new copy by 'New Window')
- 'Find' function
- Redefinable link, text and background colors (not recommended, why?:
  Because I would have given it another color if I thought it worked better)
- Single (HTML) page print option
- Resizable windows, resizable/changable fonts
- Scroll down page history
- Definable Web Browser (for external sites)
- Selectable 'Toolbar' and 'Status Bar'

Future:


The company that makes InfoCourier, the utility that I use to compile VDAT, is
working on a new 32-bit version. It is FrontPage based and should have many
new features, like frames and animated GIF's. When available I will use this
to create future releases of VDAT. The first release using this new compiler
will be numbered 2.0


                           Cicatrix / October 1998


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