User Guide

Installing Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
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To take full advantage of Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus’s automatic update
features, you should have an Internet connection, either through your
local-area network, or via a high-speed modem and an Internet service
provider.
Preparing to install Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Note which type of Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus distribution you have, then
follow the corresponding steps to prepare your files for installation.
• If you downloaded your copy of Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus from the
Network Associates website, froma server on your local network, or from
another electronic service, make a new, temporary folder on your hard
disk, then use WinZip, PKZIP, or a similar utility to extract the Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus installation files to that temporary folder. You can
download the necessary utilities from most online services.
IMPORTANT: If you suspect that your computer has a virus,
download the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus installation files onto a
computer that is not infected. Install the copy onto the uninfected
computer,thenusetheEmergencyDiskutilitytomakeadiskthat
you can use toboot the infected computer and removethe virus.To
learn more, see “If you suspect you have a virus...” on page 69.
• If your copy ofDr Solomon’s Anti-Virus came on a CD-ROM, insertthat
disc into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
If you inserted a CD-ROM, you should see a Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
welcome image appear automatically. To install Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
immediately,click Install,thenskiptoStep 4 on page 45 to continue with
Setup. If the welcome image does not appear, or if you are installing Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virusfrom files youdownloaded,startwithStep2onpage43.
IMPORTANT: Because Setup installs some Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
files as services on Windows NT Workstation v4.0 and Windows 2000
Professionalsystems,youmustlogintoyoursystemwithAdministrator
rights to install this product. To run Setup on Windows 95 or
Windows 98, you do not need to log in with any particular profile or
rights.