mcafee virus scan 8.0 - problem updating virus definations

**infra_red_dude** · 24-06-2005, 07:38 PM

i recently got mcafee virus scan 8.0 (av only) and upgraded from version 7.0. even though i have a valid registeration at mcafee's update site, i am unable to update virus definations manually. unlike in version 7.0 where i could download superdat files and update the software and also store it for future i see no option like this in version 8.0.

please help. i want to download the update files and store them too for future ref. can that be done in version 8.0?? or should i shift back to version 7.0?

**ashisharya** · 25-06-2005, 01:32 PM

use another AV like Kaspersky, AVG, Avast or else. McAfee has not so many features like these AVs have.

**teknoPhobia** · 25-06-2005, 06:44 PM

Switch back to version 7x.x

**#/bin/sh** · 26-06-2005, 11:43 AM

To manually update the product, you will need an unzipping program (like Winzip from www.winzip.com) to extract the update files. Instructions found below.

Download the dat-43xx.zip file from http://www.nai.com/us/downloads/updates/dat.asp
Disable ActiveShield. (Right click on the McAfee icon by the click, point to VirusScan and click on Disable)
Unzip the following files to the folder C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO
CLEAN.DAT
NAMES.DAT
SCAN.DAT
Enable ActiveShield.
VirusScan will now be updated.

Unzipping files

Double click on the .zip file that you downloaded above.
You will see a list of files that are compressed in the .ZIP file.
Click the 'Extract' button at the top of the WinZIP screen. Select C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\VSO as the folder to save the new files into.Click 'OK' to extract the files into the new directory.