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VirusScan
Command Line 5.20.0 Product Guide
Updating your DAT files
The DAT files are contained in a single compressed file. Download the new file from
either of the following sources:
FTP server. Open a connection to the FTP site, ftp://ftp.mcafee.com.
Use anonymous as your user name and your e-mail address as your password to
gain access. Look for a compressed file in the directory
pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x
the DAT version number. For example:
Web Site. Start your browser, then go to the
Download Site
the
under
Contact information on page 9
The number given to the file changes on a regular basis. A higher number indicates a
later version of the DAT files. When you are selecting the latest version of DAT file,
ignore any reference to SuperDAT (a self-installing DAT file). You cannot use this type
of file with the command-line scanner.
To use the new DAT files:
1 Create a download directory.
2 Change to the download directory, and download the new compressed file from the
source you have chosen. The downloaded DAT file is in a compressed .ZIP format.
3 Locate the directory on your hard drive where the command-line scanner is currently
loaded (as set up in
Step 1 on page
4 Use a compression utility such as WinZip or PKZip to extract the files from the .ZIP
file into that directory. Be sure to extract all the files. If using WinZip, select the
Folder Names
All Files
and the
5 Allow the updated files to overwrite the existing DAT files.
If other SupportingProductName software products are loaded on your computer, or if
you chose custom installation options, some DAT files might be located in more than
Note
one directory. If so, save these updated DAT files to each directory.
. The file has the format dat-nnnn.zip, where nnnn is
.
dat-5066.zip
Downloads
for the address.
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options.
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Detecting new and unidentified viruses
area for the latest file. See
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