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#98406 - 2003-02-11 08:11 PM McAfee AutoUpdate Registry Settings
Ashpoint Ashpoint Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 1999-08-27 Posts: 192 Loc: Sydney, NSW, Australia	I'm using a Kix method to run the McAfee AutoUpdate each time my user logs in. Two registry keys are among the ones I address with Kix. For example I have to set... szUNCLocation with "P:\Updates" and uUpdateFrom with "1" This has worked nicely for several years in Win9x workstations. Now, I notice that I have to change uUpdateFrom to a "3" if the workstation is a WinXP or Win2000 workstation. Has anybody seen or know of any documentation regarding our sort of "manual" manipulation of the McAfee AutoUpdate process? I looked through the NAI site and found nothing.
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#98407 - 2003-02-11 08:15 PM Re: McAfee AutoUpdate Registry Settings
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	it has become such a pain, that I switched to using the xDat.exe updates, instead of the autoupdate sites. code: ; ******* dat Update it $availdat=dir('$setup\apps\mcafee\update\*xdat.exe') $newdat="4.0."+left($availdat,4) if $newdat > $vscandat ? " Updating McAfee Antivirus" shell ('$setup\apps\mcafee\Update\$availdat /silent') for $loop=1 to 20 "." sleep 1 next $vsdatdate =readvalue("$vsengine","szDatDate") $vscandat =readvalue("$vsengine","szDatVersion") endif _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#98408 - 2003-02-11 08:31 PM Re: McAfee AutoUpdate Registry Settings
Ashpoint Ashpoint Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 1999-08-27 Posts: 192 Loc: Sydney, NSW, Australia	Thank you for the prompt response. Your suggestion is an interesting idea and one I WILL consider. At first glance my concerns would be that... A) The xDat.exe file is typically in excess of 4mb to download B) I'll need to work out how to get the xDat.exe file. Presently we test the NAI site each morning (4:00am) and if there are updates, we get 3 files (Update,ini, Delta.ini and DAT-nnnn.zip Michael
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#98409 - 2003-02-11 08:36 PM Re: McAfee AutoUpdate Registry Settings
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	the xDat.exe is less than 2 MB. You are thinking of the superDat. McAfee has split the typical superdat (engine + dat) into 2 other downloads, xdat.exe (dats only) and the eng.exe (engine only) both use the superdat technology, so you only need to execute it, and it will update itself... _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#98410 - 2003-02-11 08:46 PM Re: McAfee AutoUpdate Registry Settings
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	from http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/download/dats/mcafee_4x.asp dat-4246.zip Date: 2/5/03 2.45 MB Unix dat-4246.tar Date: 2/5/03 2.86 MB Intel 4246xdat.exe Date: 2/5/03 1.82 MB _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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