McAfee dr solomon s anti-virus 8.5 User Guide
Understanding iDAT Technology
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Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
A typical file listing would be:
00_index.txt
40534054.UPD
40544055.UPD
40554056.UPD
dat-4056.zip
dat-4056.tar
DELTA.INI
README.TXT
Best practices
The following sections outline some suggestions for how to employ iDAT
downloads in your updating strategy.
downloads in your updating strategy.
Three-stage updating
If you need to roll out new virus definitions to multiple workstations on your
network, Dr Solomon’s recommends a three-stage update strategy that will
save you external network bandwidth, minimize your security risks, and give
you more control over your internal updating strategy:
network, Dr Solomon’s recommends a three-stage update strategy that will
save you external network bandwidth, minimize your security risks, and give
you more control over your internal updating strategy:
1. If the .DAT files installed on your network computers are very old, use a
web browser or FTP client software to download a full .DAT file update
or the SuperDAT utility to a central server on your network, then
configure the AutoUpdate copies on your network computers to
download and install the complete .DAT set and the current scan engine.
or the SuperDAT utility to a central server on your network, then
configure the AutoUpdate copies on your network computers to
download and install the complete .DAT set and the current scan engine.
This brings your network to a workable baseline state. You can then
download and install iDAT files to keep current.
download and install iDAT files to keep current.
2. From the baseline state, use a web browser or FTP client software each
week to download new .UPD files directly from the Network Associates
FTP site to a central server on your network.
FTP site to a central server on your network.
If you start from the baseline state described in
, you can simply
download the most recent .UPD file posted on the Network Associates
FTP site. If you have not updated in a couple of weeks, open the
DELTA.INI file online, and look at the entries in the Multiple Patch and
the Incremental Resolver tables to see which .UPD files you must
download to update the .DAT files installed on your network, then
download each of the files you need, including the DELTA.INI file.
FTP site. If you have not updated in a couple of weeks, open the
DELTA.INI file online, and look at the entries in the Multiple Patch and
the Incremental Resolver tables to see which .UPD files you must
download to update the .DAT files installed on your network, then
download each of the files you need, including the DELTA.INI file.