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       SmartWhois for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP 
 	             Version 3.5
         Copyright © 1998-2002, TamoSoft, Inc.
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September 12, 2002

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CONTENTS
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- About SmartWhois
- System Requirements
- Installing SmartWhois
- Uninstalling SmartWhois
- Ordering
- License Agreement
- Contacting Us
- What's New
- Other Products by TamoSoft
- Credits

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About SmartWhois
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SmartWhois is a useful network information utility that
allows you to find out all available information about 
an IP address, host name, or domain, including country, 
state or province, city, name of the network provider, 
administrator and technical support contact information.

Unlike standard Whois utilities, SmartWhois can find the 
information about a computer located in any part of the 
world, intelligently querying the right database and 
delivering all the related records within a few seconds. 
The program can retrieve information from more than 20 
servers all over the world.

SmartWhois can save obtained information to an archive 
file. Users can load this archive the next time the 
program is launched and add more information to it. This 
feature allows you to build and maintain your own database 
of IP addresses and host names. You can also load a list 
of IP addresses as a text file and have SmartWhois process 
the whole list.

SmartWhois is capable of caching query results, which 
reduces the time needed to query an address; if the 
information is in the cache file it is immediately displayed 
and no connections to the whois servers are required.


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System Requirements
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- 486DX2-66 CPU
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP
- 16 MB RAM
- 2 MB of free disk space


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Installing SmartWhois
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- Double-click SETUP.EXE to execute it.
- Setup will guide you through the rest of the 
  installation process.

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Uninstalling SmartWhois
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- Choose Uninstall from the SmartWhois program group.

		OR:

- Open the Windows Control Panel.
- Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon.
- Search the list for the item "SmartWhois" and
  double-click on it.

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Ordering
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This program is a 30-day evaluation version. If you would
like to continue using it after 30 days, you must purchase
it. Below is the pricing for the fully functional,
unrestricted version of the program: 

1  User License	$29.00
5  User License	$120.00
10 User License	$190.00

Call for pricing on larger site licenses.

As a registered customer, you are entitled to: 

- Free updates that will be released within 1 year from
  the date of purchase.
- Information on updates and new products.
- Free technical support. 

We accept credit cards orders, orders by phone and
checks. Prices, terms and conditions are subject to
change without notice, please check our web site for
the latest product offerings and prices.

http://www.tamos.com/order/

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License Agreement
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Please read the following terms and conditions carefully
before using this software. Your use of this software
indicates your acceptance of this license agreement. If you
do not agree with the terms of this license, you must remove
this software from your storage devices and cease to use the
product.

Copyright
This software is copyrighted 1998-2002, TamoSoft, Inc. SmartWhois
is a trademark of TamoSoft, Inc. The use and copyright of
this software is governed by international copyright
treaties. TamoSoft, Inc. retains full title and rights to
this software and documentation, and in no way does the
license granted diminish the intellectual property rights of
TamoSoft, Inc. You must not redistribute the registration
codes provided, on paper, electronically, or in any other
form.

Evaluation Version
This is not free software. You are hereby licensed to use
this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a
period of 30 days. Using this software after the evaluation
period violates copyright laws and may result in severe
civil and criminal penalties.

Registered Version
One registered copy of this software may be used by a single
person who uses the software personally on one or more
computers, or it may be installed on a single workstation
used non- simultaneously by more than one person, but not
both.


Disclaimer
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN NO EVENT WILL TAMOSOFT INC. BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS LICENSE,
UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS.

Governing Law
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the Republic
of Cyprus.

Distribution
This software may be distributed freely in its original
unmodified and unregistered form. The distribution must
include all files of its original distribution. Distributors
may not charge any money for it. Anyone distributing this
software for any kind of remuneration must first contact us
for authorization.

Other Restrictions
You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or
disassemble this software in any way, including changing or
removing any messages or windows.


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Contacting Us
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Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't
hesitate to contact us.

WWW:	http://www.tamos.com
E-mail:	support@tamos.com

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What's New
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Version 3.5

- Data export in XML format;  
- Multilingual interface: Supported languages include English,
  French, German, Russian, and Spanish;    
- Parsing modules have been updated to ensure compatibility 
  with the new ARIN database format;  
- CN (China) and DK (Denmark) domains are now supported;  
- Integration with Microsoft Internet Explorer allows you to 
  perform queries on URLs directly from MSIE.   


Version 3.4  

- COOP, NAME, AERO, and PL domains are supported;  
- More detailed results for IT, FR, and DE domains;  
- A new option that allows you to re-query unfound items when
  processing batch files has been implemented.  
- Parsing modules have been updated to ensure more correct 
  results presentation.  
 

Version 3.3

- INFO and BIZ domains are supported;
- Domain expiry dates are displayed when available;
- You can now drag-and-drop data from/to the application window;
- More command line options have been implemented;
- You can now select the fields to be included in the output text
  file when saving results;
- Windows XP themes are supported;
- Many bug fixes.

Version 3.2

- URL de-obfuscation: the program automatically decodes URLs when 
  you paste them into the input window;
- Command-line parameters are now supported (useful if you call 
  SmartWhois from another application);
- NO (Norway) domains are now supported;
- A red domain icon is displayed on the left panel if the domain 
  you searched for was not found;
- If the Internic whois server is temporarily down, the program 
  tries to obtain data from an alternative server;


Version 3.1

- An interface to Web search engines has been added to the right 
  panel's context menu;
- LU (Luxembourg) domains are now supported;
- A few bug fixes.


Version 3.0

- The application was re-written from scratch;
- A new interface;
- Added a Whois console for custom queries;
- Domain batch processing;
- Results can be saved as an HTML file;
- CH (Switzerland) and LI (Liechtenstein) domains are now supported;
- Problems NZ (New Zealand) and CA (Canada) domain queries solved;
- Country codes reference;
- Ability to add user notes;
- Many other improvements.


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Other Products By TamoSoft
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COMMVIEW
CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and Local Area
Network (LAN) activity capable of capturing and analyzing network
packets. It gathers information about data passing through your
dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed
data. With CommView you can see the list of network connections
and vital IP statistics and examine individual packets. Packets are 
decoded down to the lowest layer with full analysis of the most 
widespread protocols. Full access to raw data is also provided in 
real time. CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators, 
security professionals, network programmers, or anyone who wants 
to have a full picture of the traffic going through one's PC or LAN 
segment.


ESSENTIAL NETTOOLS
Essential NetTools is a set of network tools useful in diagnosing
networks and monitoring your computer's network connections. It's
a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful
network tools for everyday use. The program includes a NetStat
utility that shows your computer's network connections and open
ports and maps them to the owning application. It also features a
fast NetBIOS scanner, a NetBIOS Auditing Tool for checking LAN
security, and a monitor of external connections to your
computer's shared resources, as well as a process monitor that
displays information about all the programs and services running
on your computer. Other useful tools are included, such as Ping,
TraceRoute, and NSLookup. Additional features include report
generation in HTML, text, and comma delimited formats and a
customizable interface. The program is an easy-to-use and
powerful replacement for such Windows utilities as nbtstat,
netstat, and NetWatcher. It incorporates many advanced features
that standard Windows tools can't offer.

DIGISECRET
DigiSecret is an easy-to-use, secure, and powerful application
for file encryption and sharing. It utilizes strong and
time-proven encryption algorithms for creating encrypted
archives, self-extracting EXE files, and sharing files with your
associates and friends. DigiSecret also includes powerful and
intelligent file compression; you no longer need .zip files when
you can have encrypted and compressed DigiSecret files. The
program is integrated with the Windows shell, and you can perform
operations on files by right-clicking on them. It also fully
supports drag-and-drop operations.

You can learn more about these products at
http://www.tamos.com/products/

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Credits
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This program contains software licensed from Walied Othman.