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Using the Emergency Disk Creation utility
If you choose to create an Emergency Disk during installation, Setup will start
the Emergency Disk wizard in the middle of the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
software installation, then will return to the Setup sequence when it finishes.
To learn how to create an Emergency Disk, begin with
can also start the Emergency Disk wizard at any point after you install Dr
Solomon's Anti-Virus software.
The Emergency Disk you create includes BOOTSCAN.EXE, a specialized,
small-footprint command-line scanner that can scan your hard disk boot
sectors and Master Boot Record (MBR). BOOTSCAN.EXE works with a
specialized set of .DAT files that focus on ferreting out boot-sector viruses. If
you have already installed Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus software with default
Setup options, you can find these .DAT files in this location on your hard disk:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
Engine\4.0.xx
The special .DAT files have these names:
• EMCLEAN.DAT
• EMNAMES.DAT
• EMSCAN.DAT
Dr Solomon's Software periodically updates these .DAT files to detect new
boot-sector viruses. You can download new Emergency .DAT files here:
Because the wizard renames the files and prepares them for use when it
creates your floppy disk, you may not simply copy them directly to an
Emergency Disk that you create yourself. Use the creation wizard to prepare
your Emergency Disk.
NOTE: Network Associates strongly recommends that you create an
Emergency Disk during installation, but that you do so after Dr
Solomon's Anti-Virus software has scanned your system memory for
viruses. If Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus software detects a virus on your
system, do not create an Emergency Disk on the infected computer.
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NOTE: Dr Solomon's Software recommends that you download new
Emergency .DAT files directly to a newly formatted floppy disk in order
to reduce the risk of infection.
Installing Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
Step 1 on page
Administrator's Guide
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