Administrator’s Guide
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Installing Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Testing your installation
Once you install it, Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus software is ready to scan your
system for infected files. You can verify that it has installed correctly and that
it can properly scan for viruses with a test developed by the European Institute
of Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR), a coalition of anti-virus vendors, as
a method for their customers to test any anti-virus software installation.
To test your installation, follow these steps:
1. Open a standard Windows text editor, such as Notepad, then type this
character string as one line, with no spaces or carriage returns:
Table 2-1. Circumstances that require you to restart your system
Circumstance
Windows 95 and
Windows 98
Windows NT and
Windows 2000
Installation on computer with no
previous Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus version and no
incompatible software
No restart required,
unless you have
Novell Client32 for
NetWare installed,
then restart required
Restart required
Installation on computer with
previous Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus version
Restart required
Restart required
Installation on computer with
incompatible software
No restart required,
but Setup will ask if
you wish to restart.
You can safely click
No
.
No restart required,
but Setup will ask if
you wish to restart.
You can safely click
No
.
Installation on a computer with
Microsoft Installer (MSI) v1.0
NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000
installs this MSI version
Restart required
after MSI files
installed and before
Setup can continue
Restart required
after MSI files
installed and before
Setup can continue
Installation on a computer with
Microsoft Installer v1.1
No restart required,
except on Windows
98 Second Edition
systems, or if some
drivers or .DLL files
used
No restart required
.DAT file update
No restart required
No restart required
Scan engine update via Dr
Solomon’s SuperDAT utility
No restart required
No restart required
Summary of Contents for DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5
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Page 146: ...Using Dr Solomon s Anti Virus Administrative Utilities 146 Dr Solomon s Anti Virus ...
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Page 184: ...Using Dr Solomon s Anti Virus Command line Options 184 Dr Solomon s Anti Virus ...
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