User Guide

User’s Guide 275
Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
When you have placed the PKGDESC.INI file, the SETUP.EXE file, and any
SETUP.ISSfileyouwanttouseonacentralserver,configuretheAutoUpgrade
utility copies on your workstation computers to download new files from the
share you created on that central server. The AutoUpgrade utilities will
download and install the new files from this package.
To learn more about how the SuperDAT utility works, download the
SuperDAT User’s Guide from the Network Associates website at:
http://www.nai.com/asp_set/download/upgrade/login.asp
Otherwise, consult the README.TXT file that comes with each weekly
SuperDAT release.
Deploying an EXTRA.DAT file
The AVERT research organization will sometimes provide EXTRA.DAT files
to combat high-riskvirusesbetween regular .DATand SuperDAT releases. In
ordinary circumstances, Dr Solomon’s researchers publish these files when
they determine that these situations warrant one:
• A virus presents a “medium on-watch” or “high” risk threat of infection.
To learn about what constitutes a medium on-watch or high risk, or about
AVERT risk assessment in general, visit the AVERT website at:
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/asp_set/anti_virus/alerts/ara.asp
• A high-prevalence virus threatens an outbreak situation
IMPORTANT: AVERT does not guarantee that it will make
EXTRA.DAT files available in all such situations. AVERT researchers
reserve the right to assess each situation and determine an appropriate
course of action.
When AVERT does publish an EXTRA.DAT file, it will announce its
availability—and a location where you can download the file—when it
publishes a virus alert for a medium on-watch or high-risk virus. If you
subscribetothe EnterpriseSecureCastupdateservice,youcan receiveallsuch
alert messages if you wish. To learn more, see Appendix C, “Using the
SecureCast Service to Get New Data Files.”
Once you download an EXTRA.DAT file, you need only copy the file to a
particular directory tohaveDrSolomon’sAnti-Virususeitimmediately.Each
time you start a scan session or a Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus application scan
operation, the software checks to see if you have an EXTRA.DAT file located
in the correct directory. If such a file exists, the software will add the
EXTRA.DAT virus definitions to those in its other .DAT files automatically.