McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise 8.
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Contents Introducing VirusScan Enterprise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Where to find product information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Pre-Installation Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introducing VirusScan Enterprise VirusScan Enterprise protects your system from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and potentially unwanted code and programs. This guide provides system requirements for VirusScan Enterprise software, and information about installilng VirusScan Enterprise as a standalone product, as well as modifying, repairing, removing, and reinstalling the software. To install and manage the product with ePolicy Orchestrator, refer to the ePolicy Orchestrator documentation.
Pre-Installation Tasks Before installing the VirusScan Enterprise software, you need to make sure your system is ready. This section presents a high-level process of tasks to complete before installing the software, and information that can help you prepare for the installation.
Pre-Installation Tasks System requirements System requirements Verify that your server or workstation meets these system requirements before you start the installation process. NOTE: These are minimum requirements and are not optimal for performance. They apply only to VirusScan Enterprise. You must also consider system requirements for any other products you are installing, such as ePolicy Orchestrator. • Processor — An Intel processor or compatible architecture.
Pre-Installation Tasks Product upgrade and preserving settings Product upgrade and preserving settings If you are installing VirusScan Enterprise on a computer with an earlier version of the product, you can preserve settings from the earlier version. These settings are preserved during the product upgrade: • Configuration settings for saved tasks. • User-specified extensions. • Exclusion settings. • Access protection rules.
Pre-Installation Tasks Options for preconfiguring, deploying, updating, and managing VirusScan Enterprise Options for preconfiguring, deploying, updating, and managing VirusScan Enterprise Decide whether you want to preconfigure the installation package and how you want to update and deploy the product. The installation procedure varies if you use supporting tools to preconfigure, deploy, update, or manage VirusScan Enterprise. Preconfigure the installation package Use McAfee Installation Designer 8.
Pre-Installation Tasks Product license and performing an upgrade • Remove the evaluation version of the product and install the licensed version. NOTE: Removing the evaluation version causes you to lose all of the configured settings from that installation. Use this method only if you cannot use McAfee Installation Designer 8.7 to upgrade the license. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise software version 8.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise This topic describes how to install the standalone version of the VirusScan Enterprise software. For information about placing a product under ePolicy Orchestrator management, see the ePolicy Orchestrator documentation.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the Setup utility to install the software 6 Installation Type Definition Typical (Recommended) Installs the software with all features. Custom Installs the software with all or selected features and allows you to customize some settings. Use this to install only selected features, import an AutoUpdate repository list, or specify user interface settings during the installation process.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install the software Method Definition If you do not import a repository list at this time, and one resides in the installation folder, it is imported even though you do not select this option. If a repository list is not imported, AutoUpdate performs updates using the default McAfee site as its repository list. See the AutoUpdate section of the VirusScan Enterprise product guide for more information.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install the software • Properties — Specify how the installation runs. Each property consists of: • A name in uppercase letters. • An equal (=) sign. • One or more values, each separated by a comma. Most property values must appear in uppercase but some, such as True and False, must appear in mixed case. NOTE: The Microsoft Installer permits properties that determine how your installation runs. For details, see the Microsoft Installer documentation.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install the software ScriptScan, Setup knows that you must have the on-access scanner installed to use those features. It therefore installs any required files. Use these feature names as command-line parameters: Feature Definition Console Installs the VirusScan Console and all of its features (default = Console). AutoUpdate Automatically updates DAT files, scanning engine, and other product upgrades. LotusNotesScan Scans Lotus Notes email.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install the software Option Definition c initial user interface parameters m out-of-memory or fatal exit information o out-of-disk-space messages p terminal properties + append to existing file ! flush each line to the log Installation properties Use these properties to customize the command-line installation: Properties Definition ADDLOCAL Installs specific features to the local computer.
Installing VirusScan Enterprise Using the command line to install the software Properties Definition you combine this property with the ADDLOCAL property, you can install all but one or two specific features. RUNAUTOUPDATE False = Not valid. True = Run update when the installation is complete (default). Use this command for interactive installations. If you do not want to run an update when the installation is complete, set the property to "", an empty string.
Post-Installation Tasks Complete this task after installing the VirusScan Enterprise program files. Refer to Location of installed files to find where the VirusScan Enterprise program files were installed. Contents Testing your installation Location of installed files Testing your installation Use this task to test whether VirusScan Enterprise is installed correctly and can properly scan for potentially unwanted programs.
Post-Installation Tasks Location of installed files Product files Product files are installed in the installation folder, which is determined during installation. The default location is :\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise VirusScan Enterprise folder AdsLokUU.dll Mcshield.exe mfevtpa.dll pireg.exe BBCpl.dll McShieldPerfData.dll mfevtps.exe quarcpl.dll condl.dll McShieldPerfData.h midutil.dll readme.html consl.dll McShieldPerfData.ini mytilus3.dll restartvse.exe coptcpl.
Post-Installation Tasks Location of installed files System files The list of installed system files depends on your operating system. For example, these files are installed to the System32 folder. The default location is :\Windows\System32\drivers msvcrt.dll psapi.dll McAfee VirusScan Enterprise software version 8.
Modifying, Repairing and Removing the Software Use the Program Maintenance feature to modify, repair, remove, or reinstall the VirusScan Enterprise program files. Contents Modifying installed features Reinstalling or repairing program files Removing program files Modifying installed features Use the Program Maintenance feature to change which VirusScan Enterprise features are installed.
Modifying, Repairing and Removing the Software Reinstalling or repairing program files Task 1 Open the Windows command-line component. See Using the command line to install the software for more information. 2 Install or remove features individually using a comma-separated list, or you can specify the all property. Feature Command line Add a feature setup.exe ADDLOCAL=OnAccessScanner,ScriptScan /q Remove a feature setup.
Modifying, Repairing and Removing the Software Removing program files Using the command line to reinstall or repair program files Use this task to change which features are installed, using the command line. Task 1 Open the Windows command-line component. See Using the command line to install the software for more information. 2 Install or remove features individually using a comma-separated list, or you can specify the ALL property.
Modifying, Repairing and Removing the Software Removing program files 2 In the Program Maintenance dialog box, select Remove. 3 Select Remove again, then click Finish. NOTE: After the program files are removed, you might be prompted to remove remaining files or folders. These are files or folders that were not installed initially with the VirusScan Enterprise product, such as log files or other files or folders that the user added. For example, the aseinst.
Index A Access Protection feature installing from the command line 13 installing with Setup 11 access protection, default levels of protection 10 Add/Remove Programs, removing program files 23 administrator rights silent installation 13 Alert Manager, installing 11 AutoUpdate feature installing from the command line 13 installing with Setup 11 installation (continued) documentation, where to find 4 license type, selecting 10 loading network driver 12 post-installation tasks 17 preserving settings from a pr
Index R reinstallation or repair of program files Setup utility 21 release notes viewing 10 removal of program files Add/Remove Programs 23 command line 23 Setup utility 22 repository list, importing 11 restart after installation 12 after removing program files 22, 23 command-line options 14 Right-click Scan feature installing from the command line 13 installing with Setup 11 S scanners, selecting features 11, 13 Script Scan feature installing from the command line 13 installing with Setup 11 security, us
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