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Installing McAfee Virus Scan 7.1

For Windows 2000 & XP machines

These instructions show how to install McAfee VirusScan 7.1 for Windows 2000/XP. This version is not compatible with older versions of the Windows OS. Currently we are suggesting a minimum machine requirement of 1 GHz or greater.

The ASC installation package is coming soon and may incorporate some of these final set-up steps therefore reducing the install and configuration time needed to make sure that your machines are protected to the standards recommended by Arts & Sciences.

General Steps

1. Install McAfee 7.x

2. Configuring VirusScan Console

3. Checking Virus Definition Dates and Scanning Engine

Install VirusScan 7.1

1. Find setup files for VirusScan 7.1

   • On //AAS107/asc, locate \appmedia\mcafee\7.1\vse710en.zip

2. Extract the zip file to c:\temp\mcafee.

3. From that directory, run setup.exe to start the installation.

   

4. Change the license expiry type to "Perpetual" and choose "I accept the terms in the license agreement" then click Next.

   

5. Select Custom and click Next.

   

6. Click Next. (Everything should be selected by default.)

   

7. Click Next.

   

8. Check "Import AutoUpdate repository list" and click Browse. Navigate to C:\temp\mcafee or wherever you extracted the zip file to. It will find the sitelist.xml file in that folder and use it. You can also find this file on //AAS107/asc, in the \appmedia\mcafee\7.0\vse710en.zip folder. Then click Next.

   

9. Here you can set a password to secure access and choose where or if icons should appear. We have chosen to not use this feature for personal/department machines, but public clusters and labs should consider utilizing these features. For now click Next.

   

10. We are now ready to proceed with the installation. Click Install.

    

11. At the finish install screen uncheck "Run On-Demand Scan" (for the sake of time on install) and leave "Update Now" checked. Click Finish.

    

12. You will see an update window to show you the progress. The window will autoclose 30 seconds after finishing or you can click Close.

    

13. Now that VirusScan is started we can add the registry hack to disable the splash screen. To do this double-click on the disable-splash-70.reg in the C:\temp\mcafee folder or wherever you extracted the zip file to. You can also find this file on //AAS107/asc, in the \appmedia\mcafee\7.0\vse710en.zip folder.

Configuring VirusScan 7.1

The VirusScan Console (found under Start-Programs-Network Associates-VirusScan Console or by right clicking the McAfee VirusScan Shield in the System Tray) contains the utilities On-Access Scan, AutoUpdate, E-Mail Scan and On-Demand Scan. AutoUpdate can now download HTTP as well as FTP DATs/SuperDATs therefore giving more flexibility to upgrade the engine and definitions.

• Console

  Open the VirusScan Console.

  

• On-Access Scan

  1. Double-click "On-Access Scan" to open up the properties page.

  2. Select "All Processes" on the left-hand side.

  3. Click "Detection" tab on the top of the page.

  4. Uncheck "When reading from disk".

     

  5. Click "Advanced" tab on the top of the page.

  6. Check all options on this page.

     

  7. Click "Actions" tab on the top of the page.

  8. Set options as indicated below.

     

  9. Click "OK" to close.

• AutoUpdate

  1. Double-click "AutoUpdate" to open up the properties page.

  2. Click "Schedule" on the right-hand side.

  3. Click "Schedule" tab on the top of the page.

  4. Set it to run Daily starting sometime in the middle of the night and set it to run the missed task (this will allow it to run when the machine is turned on if it was off during the night).

     

  5. Click "OK" to close.

  6. The repository list should already be set properly, but to check go to "Tools" on the Console and choose "Edit Repository list". For office setups, the AAS FTP site should be first. For home users, make sure the HTTP choice is first.

     

  7. Click "OK" to close.

• E-Mail Scan

  1. Double-click "E-Mail Scan" to open up the properties page.

  2. Click "Advanced" tab on the top of the page.

  3. Check all options on this page.

     

  4. Click "OK" to close.

• On-Demand Scan

  1. Double-click "Scan All Fixed Disks" to open up the properties page.

  2. Click "Detection" tab on the top of the page.

  3. Check all options under "Compressed Files".

     

  4. Click "Advanced" tab on the top of the page.

  5. Check all options under Heuristics and Non-Viruses. Bring the CPU Utilization back to 50%, check "Rescan all files when DAT files are updated" then set the Scan Window to run "Minimized".

     

  6. Click "Schedule" button on the right-hand side of the page.

  7. In the resulting "Tasks" page, under the "Schedule settings" grouping, check the box that says "Enable".

  8. Click "Schedule" tab on top of the page.

  9. Set it to run Daily starting sometime in the middle of the night and set it to run the missed task with a slight delay(this will allow it to run when the machine is turned on after being turned off during the night).

     

  10. Click "OK" to close.

  11. Click "Save as Default" on the right-hand side.

  12. Click "Yes"

      

  13. Click "OK" to close.

Checking Version Info on VirusScan 7.1

1. Open the VirusScan Console by going to Start-Programs-Network Associates-VirusScan Console or by right clicking the McAfee VirusScan Shield in the System Tray.

   

2. Go to "Help---About". This will give you a window with all current information on the version installed.

   

3. Click "OK" to close.

Related Links

• Virus Alerts

• Network Associates Virus Information Library

If you have questions, please send mail to help@aas.duke.edu.

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Last Updated on 12/03.03
By jms