McAfee dr solomon s anti-virus 8.5 User Guide
Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
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Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Dr Solomon’s anti-virus software anticipates exactly this situation. It
allows you to take advantage of capabilities built into the Dr Solomon’s
scan engine to deploy a small, supplemental virus definition file in
between .DAT file releases. This small EXTRA.DAT file holds the
absolutely latest available virus signature data for viruses that AVERT
researchers have identified as high-risk contaminants.
allows you to take advantage of capabilities built into the Dr Solomon’s
scan engine to deploy a small, supplemental virus definition file in
between .DAT file releases. This small EXTRA.DAT file holds the
absolutely latest available virus signature data for viruses that AVERT
researchers have identified as high-risk contaminants.
The file can help to identify several viruses at once, but because AVERT
researchers ordinarily publish an EXTRA.DAT file as soon as they identify
a high-risk virus, the file frequently targets one or two highly prevalent
agents. AVERT researchers then add the virus definitions they included in
any EXTRA.DAT releases to the following week’s regular .DAT file release.
To learn how to deploy the EXTRA.DAT file, see
researchers ordinarily publish an EXTRA.DAT file as soon as they identify
a high-risk virus, the file frequently targets one or two highly prevalent
agents. AVERT researchers then add the virus definitions they included in
any EXTRA.DAT releases to the following week’s regular .DAT file release.
To learn how to deploy the EXTRA.DAT file, see
• Emergency .DAT files. Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus includes an Emergency
Disk utility you can use to create a bootable floppy disk to start your
computer in a virus-free environment. The Emergency Disk you create uses
specialized .DAT files that target boot-sector and memory-resident viruses,
which pose the greatest infection risk to software if they activate before
your anti-virus software can. Dr Solomon’s provides updates for these files
that you can download directly from the AVERT website at:
computer in a virus-free environment. The Emergency Disk you create uses
specialized .DAT files that target boot-sector and memory-resident viruses,
which pose the greatest infection risk to software if they activate before
your anti-virus software can. Dr Solomon’s provides updates for these files
that you can download directly from the AVERT website at:
Dr Solomon’s Software recommends that you download these files directly
to a virus-free computer, then extract them to an Emergency Disk you’ve
created. To learn more about creating an Emergency Disk, see
to a virus-free computer, then extract them to an Emergency Disk you’ve
created. To learn more about creating an Emergency Disk, see
. To learn how to use the
Emergency Disk to scan your system, see
.
Understanding the AutoUpdate utility
The AutoUpdate utility is the principle method Dr Solomon’s Software
recommends that you use to update your .DAT files. The utility runs
exclusively as a task from within the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Console. To use
it to update your Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus, you must:
recommends that you use to update your .DAT files. The utility runs
exclusively as a task from within the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Console. To use
it to update your Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus, you must:
• Set a schedule for the AutoUpdate 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