McAfee VIRUSSCAN 4.5 -, Administrator'S Manual

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Updating and Upgrading VirusScan Software
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• Save the Update file for later usage. Select this checkbox to have
the AutoUpdate utility save an unextracted copy of the .DAT file
package in a location you specify. The utility then extracts the .DAT
files from the update package and continues with the installation.
By contrast, the
Retrieve the Update file but do not perform the
update option saves the unextracted file, but does not install the
new .DAT files.
To tell the AutoUpdate utility where to save the .DAT file package,
enter a path and folder name in the text box below this checkbox, or
click
Browse to locate a suitable folder.
• Run a Program after a successful Update. Select this checkbox to
tell the utility to start another program after it installs new .DAT
files. You might want to use this option, for example, to start an
e-mail client program or a network message utility that notifies a
system administrator that the update operation completed
successfully.
Next, enter the path and file name for the program you want to run,
or click
Browse to locate the program on your hard disk.
3. To save your changes and return to the Automatic Update dialog box,
click OK . To close the dialog box without saving your changes, click
Cancel .
Understanding the AutoUpgrade utility
McAfee revises VirusScan software and the Olympus scan engine regularly to
add new detection and repair capabilities, new features for manageability and
flexibility, and other enhancements that make it a better anti-virus security
tool. VirusScan software’s AutoUpgrade utility is designed specifically to look
for and download these new versions as they become available. You can use
this utility in conjunction with the SuperDAT utility to automate scan engine
upgrades. To learn how to do so, see
“Using the AutoUpgrade and SuperDAT
utilities together” on page 128 .
The AutoUpgrade utility runs exclusively as a task from within the VirusScan
Console. To use it to upgrade your VirusScan software, you must:
• Set a schedule for the AutoUpgrade task, and enable it to run
• Set a password to protect your configuration settings, if you wish
• Configure the task to download new files from a specific location on your
network, or on the Internet