User Guide

User’s Guide 261
Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Figure 7-5. Automatic Update Properties dialog box -
Advanced Update Options page
Next, follow these steps:
1. TelltheAutoUpdateutilitywhatyouwantittodobeforeorasit
performs an update. Your options are:
• Backup the existing .DAT files. Select this checkbox to have the
AutoUpdate utility rename existing Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus .DAT
files before it installs new files. To rename each file, the utility
appendstheextension.SAV totheexistingfilenameand extension.
CLEAN.DAT, for example, will become CLEAN.DAT.SAV.
• Retrieve the Update file but do not perform the update. Select
this checkbox to have the utility download the .ZIP archive that
contains the new .DAT files, then save it in a location you specify
instead of extracting it and installing it.
Selecting this checkbox also selects the Save the Update file for
later usage checkbox in the After a Successful Update area. To tell
AutoUpdate where to save the .DAT file package, enter a path and
folder name in the text box below this checkbox, or click Browse to
locate a suitable folder.
Selecting this checkbox also makes the Backup the existing DAT
files,theForce Update,andtheReboot system, if needed, after
a successful update checkboxes unavailable.