Installation Guide revision 1.0 ® VirusScan Enterprise Draft for Beta 1 version 8.
Installation Guide revision 1.0 ® VirusScan Enterprise ®™ version 8.
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Contents 1 Introducing VirusScan Enterprise 6 Using this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 Pre-Installation Information 8 Getting product software and documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Reviewing release notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Verifying installation rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Introducing VirusScan Enterprise McAfee® VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i offers easily scalable protection, fast performance, and mobile design to protect you from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, as well as potentially unwanted code and programs. This guide provides information about installing, modifying, and removing VirusScan Enterprise software. Using this guide Consider the following when using this guide: Audience. Conventions on page 7.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Introducing VirusScan Enterprise Using this guide Conventions This guide uses the following conventions: Bold Condensed All words from the interface, including options, menus, buttons, and dialog box names. Example: Type the User name and Password of the appropriate account. Courier The path of a folder or program; text that represents something the user types exactly (for example, a command at the system prompt).
2 Pre-Installation Information McAfee recommends that you review these topics before installing the VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i software: Getting product software and documentation. Reviewing release notes. Verifying installation rights. Preserving settings during product upgrade on page 9. Meeting system requirements on page 10. Deploying, updating, and managing options on page 11. Preconfiguring the installation package on page 11.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Pre-Installation Information Getting product software and documentation Getting product software and documentation Get the VirusScan Enterprise software and documentation from one of these locations: The product CD. The McAfee download site at: https://secure.nai.com/us/forms/downloads/upgrades/login.asp Logon credentials are required to download products from this website. Note Reviewing release notes Review the release notes, README.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Pre-Installation Information Meeting system requirements The decision to combine the white lists of the port blocking rules that have only had their white list modified is based on the assumption that the user has specific software that they do not want blocked by the default port blocking rule. Note Note Detection definition (DAT) file version, if the previous version is later than the version in the installation package.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Pre-Installation Information Deploying, updating, and managing options Browser — Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or later. Windows Installer — Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI), version 3.1 or later. Memory — MB RAM minimum. For information on optimal operating system performance, review the Microsoft guidelines for minimum RAM configuration.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Pre-Installation Information Deploying, updating, and managing options For example, if you are using the Setup utility to install the VirusScan Enterprise software where Windows 2003 with Terminal Services is installed, the installation stops and you are notified that you must install the program files using the Windows Add/Remove Programs utility.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Pre-Installation Information Upgrading the product license Upgrading the product license If you are installing the product for the first time, the product is licensed during the installation process. Skip this section and go to Installing VirusScan Enterprise on page 14. If you are installing a licensed version over an evaluation version of VirusScan Enterprise, you must upgrade the license.
3 Installing VirusScan Enterprise VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i installs on workstations and servers. See Pre-Installation Information on page 8 for information about preparing for installation. Note Install the product software using one of these methods: Using the Setup utility to install program files. Using the command line to install program files on page 18. Using the Setup utility to install program files Use the Setup utility that comes with the product to install the product software.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the Setup utility to install program files 2 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Setup — Review the release notes. Option or Button Description View Readme Display the release notes for this product. Notes and Tips Identify special installation instructions or known issues before you continue with the installation process. 3 McAfee Licensing — Choose and read the product license.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the Setup utility to install program files 5 Select Access Protection Level — Choose which access protection rules are enabled by default when this feature is installed. Option or Button Description Standard Protection Anti-virus and common rules that protect some critical settings and files from being modified, but generally allow you to install and execute legitimate software.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the Setup utility to install program files 7 Feature action options — For each selected feature, you can also select a corresponding action from the drop-list next to the feature name: This feature will be installed on local hard drive. This feature, and all subfeatures, will be installed on local hard drive. This feature will not be available.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files 10 Ready to install — Start the installation process. Option or Button Description Install Begin installing the product software. Notes and Tips If you are not satisfied with all of the installation settings, click Back to review or change any of the settings. When ready, return to the Ready to install dialog box and click Install.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Command-line syntax To install the product from the command line: 1 Open the Windows command-line component using one of these methods: Select Command Prompt from the Start menu. Select Run from the Start menu. 2 Type the command line at the command prompt or in the Run dialog box. setup.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Installation scenarios Use these scenarios to customize your installation: Scenario Description Silent A silent installation does not display the installation wizard or offer the user any configuration options. Instead, you preconfigure those choices and run Setup in the background on each destination computer.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Selecting features When you run Setup from the command line to install specific program features, the utility installs those features according to a pre-existing hierarchy. For example, if you specify ScriptScan, Setup knows that you must have the on-access scanner installed to use those features. It therefore installs any required files.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Restart options You can force a restart if one is required, prevent the destination computer from restarting during the installation or always perform a restart. To do this, add the REBOOT property to the command line: Option Description REBOOT=F Forces a restart if one is required. REBOOT=R Prevents a restart.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Installation properties Use these properties to customize the command-line installation: Property Description ADDLOCAL Installs specific features to the local computer. CMASOURCEDIR Set the source path for the SITELIST.XML file. The default path is: %TEMP%\NAITemp.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Property Description REBOOT Restart your computer. Notes and Tips You can force the computer to restart if it is required, or prevent it from restarting. REMOVE Removes one or more program features. You can specify a feature, or use the value ALL to remove all features.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install program files Command-line examples Option Command & Description Complete silent installation setup.exe ADDLOCAL=ALL /q Installing more than one feature. Use a comma. For example: Silently installs all features. setup.exe ADDLOCAL=OnAccessScanner,ScriptScan /q Silently installs the On-Access Scanner and Script Scan. Install all features except one setup.
4 Modifying, Repairing & Removing VirusScan Enterprise Use the Program Maintenance feature to modify, repair, or reinstall the VirusScan Enterprise program files. This section describes: Modifying installed features. Reinstalling or repairing program files on page 28. Removing program files on page 31. Modifying installed features Use the Program Maintenance to change which features are installed: Using the Setup utility to modify installed features on page 27.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Modifying, Repairing & Removing VirusScan Enterprise Modifying installed features Using the Setup utility to modify installed features 1 Start the Setup utility. See Using the Setup utility to install program files on page 14 for details 2 Program Maintenance — Select Modify. 3 Feature Selection — Select specific features for installation. See Step 6 on page 16 for details.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Modifying, Repairing & Removing VirusScan Enterprise Reinstalling or repairing program files Using the command line to modify installed features Open the Windows command-line component. See Command-line syntax on page 19 for details. Install or remove features individually using a comma-separated list, or you can specify the ALL property. See Selecting features on page 21 for a list of feature names. Option Command Add a feature setup.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Modifying, Repairing & Removing VirusScan Enterprise Reinstalling or repairing program files Using the Setup utility to reinstall or repair program files 1 Start the Setup utility. See Using the Setup utility to install program files on page 14. 2 Program Maintenance — Select Repair. 3 Reinstall or Repair the Product — Choose whether to reinstall or repair VirusScan Enterprise program files.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Modifying, Repairing & Removing VirusScan Enterprise Reinstalling or repairing program files Using the command line to reinstall or repair program files Open the Windows command-line component.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Modifying, Repairing & Removing VirusScan Enterprise Removing program files Removing program files Use one of these methods to remove the software. Using the Setup utility to remove program files 1 Start the Setup utility to open the Program Maintenance dialog box: 2 Select Remove. 3 Select Remove again, then click Finish. Note After VirusScan Enterprise is removed, you may be prompted to remove remaining files or folders. Click Yes or No.
5 Post-Installation Tasks This section describes: Testing your installation. Locating installed files on page 33. Testing your installation Once installed, the software can scan your system for potentially unwanted files. You can test whether it is installed correctly and can properly scan for potentially unwanted programs by implementing a test developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR).
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Post-Installation Tasks Locating installed files Locating installed files During installation, files are installed in various locations. Two types of files are installed: Product files. System files on page 34. Product files Product files are installed in the installation path, which is determined during installation.
VirusScan® Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Post-Installation Tasks Locating installed files Resources folders The resources folder name depends on the language being installed. For example, the English resources folder is named Res0900. These files are installed to the resources folder in the installation path: mcshield.DLL strings.
6 Getting information This section describes: Product documentation on page 35. Contact information on page 36. Product documentation Unless otherwise noted, product documentation comes as Adobe Acrobat .PDF files, available on the product CD or from the McAfee download site. Installation Guide — System requirements and instructions for installing and starting the software.
® VirusScan Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Getting information Contact information Contact information ® Threat Center: McAfee Avert Labs http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/default.asp Avert Labs Threat Library http://vil.nai.com Avert Labs WebImmune & Submit a Sample (Logon credentials required) https://www.webimmune.net/default.asp Avert Labs DAT Notification Service http://vil.nai.com/vil/signup_DAT_notification.aspx Download Site http://www.mcafee.
Index A F access protection, default levels of protection 16 features, modifying 26 operating systems supported, server and workstation 10 files, installed audience for this guide 6 product 33 Avert Labs Threat Center 36 system 34 P Avert Labs Threat Library 36 privileges, installation 9 H B beta program website 36 HotFix and Patch releases (for products and security vulnerabilities) 36 C command line on-demand scan task, run after installation 18 I processor requirements, server and work
® VirusScan Enterprise software version 8.7i Installation Guide Index submit a sample, Avert Labs WebImmune 36 system requirements, server and workstation 10 T technical support, contacting 36 Terminal Server, installation recommendations.
