User Guide

About Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
38 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
What’s new in this release?
This Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus release introduces a number of innovative new
features to the product’scorefunctionality,toits range ofcoverage,andto the
details of its application architecture. A previous section, “How does Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus work?” on page 31, discusses many of these features.
ThesinglemostsignificantchangebetweenpreviousDrSolomon’sAnti-Virus
versions and this release, however, is the integration of two separate Dr
Solomon’sAnti-VirusversionsoptimizedtorunonseparateWindows
platforms into a single product that runs on both. This single product also
takes full advantage of each platform’s strengths.
The next sections discuss other changes that this Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
release introduces.
Installation and distribution features
Dr Solomon’s anti-virus products, including Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus, now
use the Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI), which comes with all Windows
2000 Professional systems. This Setup utility offers a wealth of custom
installation and configuration features that make Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
rollout across large organizations much easier and more intuitive. To learn
more about how to run custom Setup operations with MSI, see Chapter 2,
“Installing Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus” in the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Administrator’s Guide.
ThisDrSolomon’sAnti-Virusversionalsocomeswithcompletesupportfor
the Network Associates ePolicy Orchestrator software distribution tool. A
specially packaged Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus version ships with the ePolicy
Orchestrator software, ready for enterprise-wide distribution. You can
distributeDrSolomon’s Anti-Virus,configureit from theePolicyOrchestrator
console, update thatconfiguration andany program or .DAT files atany time,
and schedule scan operations, all for your entire network user base. To learn
more about using ePolicy Orchestrator software for Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
distribution and configuration, consult the ePolicy Orchestrator
Administrator’s Guide.
This Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus version also includes package description
information for other distribution tools, including Microsoft System
Management Server and Tivoli Systems software management products.