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Avira AntiVir Virus Scan Adapter
Avira GmbH
Purchasing the License
You may contact us by telephone or by email (
) to acquire a license
file for AntiVir VSA.
You will receive the license file by email.
Copying the License File
Copy the license file
hbedv.key
to the installation directory on your system
/tmp/antivir-vsa-prof-<version>
.
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Installing AntiVir VSA
AntiVir VSA is automatically installed using a script. This script performs the following
tasks:
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Checks integrity of the installation files.
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Checks for the required authorizations for the installation.
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Checks for an existing version of AntiVir on the computer.
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Copies the program files. Overwrites existing obsolete files.
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Copies AntiVir configuration files. Existing AntiVir configuration files are inherited.
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Optionally it installs AntiVir Update Daemon.
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Optionally it configures an automatic start for AntiVir Updater on system start-up.
Preparing Installation
Login as root. Otherwise you do not have the required authorization for installation
and the script returns an error message.
Go to the directory in which you unpacked AntiVir:
cd /tmp/antivir-vsa-prof-<version>
Installing AntiVir VSA
Type:
./install
Please note the dot and slash in the command syntax. Typing the command without
this path specification, triggers another command, which is not related to AntiVir
installation process and this would result in error messages and unwanted actions.
Press q to close the license text view.
You can also perform the installation without having a license key
from the beginning. You will then have to copy the license file into
the AntiVir program directory
/usr/lib/AntiVir.
Without a license,
AntiVir will not run.
