User Guide

User’s Guide 57
Installing Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Using the Emergency Disk Creation utility
Ifyou chooseto create anEmergency Diskduring installation, Setupwill start
the Emergency Disk wizard in the middle of the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
installation, then will return to the Setup sequence when it finishes. To learn
how to create an Emergency Disk, begin with Step 1 on page 58.Youcanalso
start the Emergency Disk wizard at any point after you install Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus.
 NOTE: Network Associates strongly recommends that you create an
EmergencyDiskduringinstallation,butthatyoudosoafterDr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus has scanned your system memory for viruses. If
Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus detects a virusonyour system, do notcreatean
EmergencyDiskontheinfectedcomputer.
The Emergency Disk you create includes BOOTSCAN.EXE, a specialized,
small-footprint command-line scanner that can scan your hard disk boot
sectors and Master Boot Record (MBR). BOOTSCAN.EXE works with a
specialized set of .DAT files that focus on ferreting out boot-sector viruses. If
you have already installed Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus with default Setup
options, you can find these .DAT files in this location on your hard disk:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Engine\4.0.xx
The special .DAT files have these names:
• EMCLEAN.DAT
•EMNAMES.DAT
•EMSCAN.DAT
Dr Solomon’s Software periodically updates these .DAT files to detect new
boot-sector viruses. You can download updated Emergency .DAT files from
this location:
http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/tools.asp
 NOTE: Dr Solomon’s Software recommends that you download new
Emergency .DAT filesdirectly to anewly formattedfloppy diskinorder
to reduce the risk of infection.
Because the wizard renames the files and prepares them for use when it
creates your floppy disk, you may not simply copy them directly to an
Emergency Disk that you create yourself. Use the creation wizard to prepare
your Emergency Disk.