Update And Upgrade Methods - McAfee DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5 Administrator's Manual

Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
legitimate files. The remaining parts of the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus package
help to feed files to the engine for processing, integrate with various parts of
your computer's operating system to intercept files as they execute or as you
work with them, and provide an interface you can use to configure various
scan settings.

Update and upgrade methods

Because new .DAT and program files are crucial to ensuring your anti-virus
security, Dr Solomon's Software incorporates a range of updating options into
the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus product package. These include:
• SecureCast service broadcasts. The SecureCast service uses BackWeb
"push" technology to send out automatic .DAT file updates, product
upgrades, virus alerts and other useful items to subscribers. Dr Solomon's
Software recommends using a combination of this service and the
mechanisms provided in Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus to update and upgrade
your software. To learn more about the SecureCast service, see
D, "Using the SecureCast Service to Get New Data Files."
• Scheduled automatic update and upgrade operations. Dr Solomon's
Anti-Virus includes two utilities that you can use to schedule regular .DAT
file updates and product file upgrades directly from the Dr Solomon's
Anti-Virus Console: AutoUpdate and AutoUpgrade. Dr Solomon's
Software recommends that you use these utilities as your primary methods
to update or upgrade your software for workstations on your network,
after you download your files from the Network Associates website or
from the SecureCast service. To learn more, see
AutoUpdate utility" on page 116
utility" on page
• Incremental .DAT file updates. The new Dr Solomon's iDAT, technology
works transparently with the included AutoUpdate version. The new
iDAT files consist of .UPD parcels and a DELTA.INI file that tracks what
has changed between weekly .DAT file releases. The AutoUpdate utility
uses the DELTA.INI file to determine files to download and install.
By default, the AutoUpdate utility will download iDAT files unless the
.DAT files or scan engine you have installed on your computer is
significantly out of date. In that case, the AutoUpdate utility automatically
downloads and installs the full .DAT package. You do not need to
configure the utility for this purpose—it can choose which route it must
take based on what it finds on your system. To learn more about how iDAT
files work, see
114 Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
and
127.
Appendix F, "Understanding iDAT Technology."
"Understanding the
"Understanding the AutoUpgrade
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