McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA - Active Virus Defense Suite, User Manual

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Updating and Upgrading VirusScan Software
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To use a custom account, clear the Use Logged In Account
checkbox, then click UNC login information to enter a user name
and password for an account that has access rights to the target
server.
• FTP from a remote network computer . Click this button to tell the
AutoUpgrade utility to look for new files on an FTP site you
designate. To use this option, the target server must have an FTP
service enabled.
The AutoUpgrade utility uses its own FTP implementation to
connect to the server, but the timeout period for the connection
attempt will depend on your existing network protocol settings.
To use a different FTP site, enter the URL for the site you want to use
in the text box labeled Enter an FTP Computer Name and Directory.
You must either connect to a site set for anonymous FTP login, or
you must designate the user name and password for an account on
the site.
To have the utility use an anonymous login, select the
Use
anonymous FTP login
checkbox.
To specify an account, clear the
Use anonymous FTP login
checkbox, then click FTP login information to enter a user name
and password for an account that has access rights to the target
server.
If your network uses a proxy server, select the
Use proxy server
checkbox , then enter the server name and the logical port it uses in
the text boxes provided. You can enter the name in UNC notation or
as a domain name, whichever is appropriate for your environment.
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NOTE: The AutoUpgrade utility will not allow proxy
connections that require challenge-response proxy
authentication.
Configuring advanced upgrade options
To complete your AutoUpgrade task, you need to enter only a target server, a
connection method, and any necessary login information. Once you enable the
task and set a schedule for it, the AutoUpgrade utility will download the
correct files from the target server for you, extract them, then install them into
the VirusScan program directory.
To have AutoUpgrade do additional pre- or post-processing on the files, or to
have it take other actions, click the Advanced Upgrade Options tab to display
the property page shown in
Figure 7-5 on page 238 .