Using The Autoupgrade And Superdat Utilities Together - McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA - Active Virus Defense Suite User Manual

Updating and Upgrading VirusScan Software
3. To save your changes and return to the Automatic Upgrade dialog box,

Using the AutoUpgrade and SuperDAT utilities together

For this release, you must modify the SuperDAT package you download from
the McAfee website in order to use it with the AutoUpgrade utility.
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To modify the SuperDAT package, follow these steps:
1. Rename SDATXXXX.EXE to SETUP.EXE. Here, the XXXX refers to the
2. Download the file AUTOUPG.ZIP, which you will find on the Network
250 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software
In most cases, you will not need to restart in order for VirusScan
software to use new program files, but some systems will require
that you do so in order for the new files to activate. If you want to
restart your system at a more convenient time, clear this checkbox.
click OK. To close the dialog box without saving your changes, click
Cancel.
NOTE: VirusScan v4.5 and later releases require you to use the
SuperDAT v1.2 or later utility.
SuperDAT version number included as part of the file name.
Associates FTP site in this location:
ftp://<username>:<password>@ftp.nai.com/licensed/antivirus
/superdat/tools/
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NOTE: Here, <username> is your Network Associates corporate
site access username, and <password> is your corporate site access
password. To download these files, you must have access to the site
as a licensed McAfee customer.
AUTOUPG.ZIP contains the file PKGDESC.INI. Extract PKGDESC.INI
from the .ZIP archive, then copy both the extracted file and the renamed
SETUP.EXE package to the server from which you want other computers
on your network to download updated files. Both PKGDESC.INI and
SETUP.EXE must be present for AutoUpgrade to download update files
correctly.
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NOTE: If your upgrade server runs UNIX or another case-sensitive
operating system, verify that you have named the PKGDESC.INI
file correctly. The AutoUpdate version included with VirusScan
anti-virus software expects to find a lower-case filename:
pkgdesc.ini.