User Guide

Updating and Mirroring Tasks
58 McAfee VirusScan TC
– Force-update .DAT files. Select this checkbox if:
• Youwanttodowngradethecurrent.DATfiletoanearlier
.DAT file that youhave preserved. You may want totake
this action as atemporary step if the newer .DAT filesare
notbehaving asexpected. Another situation inwhichyou
may want to select this option is where you want to
includeanEXTRA.DATfilewitharoutineupdateofyour
virus definition files. See Deploying an EXTRA.DAT file
“With the weekly .DAT update” on page 67.
• The current .DAT file installation on a particular
workstation has been corrupted, or rendered ineffective
because an essential file, such as CLEAN.DAT, has been
inadvertently deleted.
– Run a Program after a successful update. Select this for the
utility to start another program after it finishes installing new
.DAT files.
NOTE:Theexecutableprogramfilethatyouselectmust
be located in the same folder as the VirusScan TC
executable, and should not require a user interface.
17. Select the Log Activity tab (Figure 4-5).
Figure 4-5. Log Activity property page