Release Notes for SuperDAT* Utility v1.2.0 Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved. /////////////////////////////////////////////// SuperDAT Release Date: May 19, 2000 Includes Extra.DAT : VBS/Newlove /////////////////////////////////////////////// Thank you for using the McAfee SuperDAT utility. This Read Me file contains important information regarding this release. McAfee strongly recommends that you read the entire document. McAfee welcomes your comments and suggestions. Please use the information provided in this file to contact Customer Service, technical support, or the documentation team for this product. ___________________ WHAT'S IN THIS FILE - IN1 Modifying the SuperDAT Package to Work with AutoUpgrade - IN2 Files Included with this SuperDAT Package - NA1 Contacting Network Associates - CT1 Copyright and Trademark Attributions NOTE: A unique identifying code precedes each heading in this file. To jump to a particular heading within the file, copy the three-character code -- NA1, for example -- from the list above into your text editor's Find dialog box, or equivalent, then search for the identifying code to move directly to that heading. * This version of the SuperDAT utility is compatible with most McAfee v4.x anti-virus products, including most v4.5 product versions. The utility does NOT support these products: - McAfee product versions that incorporate an engine version earlier than 4.x. This includes all v3.x products, all v2.x products, and the retail version of VirusScan v4.0.0 anti-virus software for Windows 95 and Windows 98. In addition, if you have a RETAIL version of VirusScan v4.0.1 anti-virus software for Windows 95 and Windows 98, the SuperDAT utility will update your .DAT files only -- it will not upgrade the scanning engine for that software version. This same issue occurs with v4.0.2 of the same software package, but only if you install it silently. To learn more, see Issue 2 in "Known Issues" later in this file. - Any Dr Solomon Anti-Virus Toolkit product. - NetShield anti-virus software for NetWare - GroupShield anti-virus software for Lotus Notes. WARNING: Do NOT install the SuperDAT version for Intel architecture on Digital Alpha computers, or the SuperDAT version for Digital Alpha computers on Intel-architecture computers. * IN1 - MODIFYING THE SUPERDAT PACKAGE TO WORK WITH AUTOUPGRADE * At this time, you must modify the SuperDAT package in order to use it with the AutoUpgrade component that comes with McAfee anti-virus software. To do so, follow these steps: 1. Download the file NEWLOVE.ZIP available from this link: http://download.nai.com/products/Mcafee-Avert/newlove.zip 2. NEWLOVE.ZIP includes two subdirectories, each of which contains files optimized for use in their respective environments. The directories are MCAFEE and DSOLOMON. Select the directory for the product version to be upgraded. All directories contain PKGDESC.INI, SETUP.EXE and SETUP.ISS. Extract PKGDESC.INI and SETUP.EXE from the .ZIP archive, then copy both files to the server from which you want other computers on your network to download updated files. Both PKGDESC.INI and SETUP.EXE must be present for AutoUpgrade to download update files correctly. NOTE: If your upgrade server runs UNIX or another case-sensitive operating system, verify that you have named the PKGDESC.INI file correctly. The AutoUpdate version included with VirusScan anti-virus software for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation v4.0, and Windows 2000 Professional expects to find a lower-case filename: pkgdesc.ini. NetShield and earlier versions (v4.0.3 and earlier) of VirusScan anti-virus software for Windows NT, on the other hand, expect to find an upper-case name: PKGDESC.INI 3. Create and copy a SETUP.ISS file into the directory from which you tell AutoUpgrade to download new files. SETUP.ISS is a simple text file that governs how AutoUpgrade upgrades or updates your software. You can use any standard text editor to create and save this file. If you do not want to specify any configuration options, you can simply create a zero-byte SETUP.ISS file. IMPORTANT: AutoUpgrade versions that come with v4.0.3 and ealier anti-virus products require a SETUP.ISS file to run, whether or not the file contains any configuration options. AutoUpgrade versions that come with the v4.5 product series do not require a SETUP.ISS file to run. To specify configuration options in your SETUP.ISS file, use the example shown below to learn which options you may use. You can cut and paste this example directly into a text file, then edit and save the file as SETUP.ISS. [SuperDATOptions] bReboot=1 bPrompt=1 szLogFile=C:\temp\mylog.txt Here's a description of what each statement in the file does: * bReboot=1 This statement tells SuperDAT to restart the target computer if it must do so in order to finish updating or upgrading your anti-virus software. If you do not want the target computer to restart after it updates your files, set the value of bReboot= to zero, or remove the statement from SETUP.ISS. NOTE: If you do not tell SuperDAT to restart the target computer, either with this statement in the SETUP.ISS file, from the command line, or in an update script, it will NOT do so under any circumstances. To start using new update files immediately, some McAfee anti-virus products require you to restart the target computer. Others do not. Whether the SuperDAT utility will actually restart your computer when you include this statement in the SETUP.ISS file depends on: - Which anti-virus software you have installed, on which platform, and with which operating system; - Which program components you have running when you start the SuperDAT utility; and - Which .DAT file version and which engine you have already installed. If the utility does not need to restart your computer in order to use its new files immediately, it will not do so, whether you include this statement or not. * bPrompt=1 This tells SuperDAT to display only the Shut Down Windows dialog box when it has updated or upgraded your software. * szLogFile= This option tells SuperDAT to save a log file with the file name you specify and in the location you specify. By default, SuperDAT creates a log file in the current working directory. * IN9 - FILES INCLUDED WITH THIS SUPERDAT PACKAGE * FILES INCLUDED IN THE NEWLOVE.ZIP PACKAGE This file includes two subdirectories, each of which contains files optimized for use in their respective environments. The directories are MCAFEE and DSOLOMON. All directories contain these files: PKGDESC.INI = Package description file SETUP.EXE = SuperDat Executable SETUP.ISS = InstallShield Setup script file ___________________________________ NA1 - CONTACTING NETWORK ASSOCIATES On December 1, 1997, McAfee Associates merged with Network General Corporation, Pretty Good Privacy, Inc., and Helix Software, Inc. to form Network Associates, Inc. The combined Company subsequently acquired Dr Solomon's Software, Trusted Information Systems, Magic Solutions, and CyberMedia, Inc. A January 2000 company reorganization formed four independent business units, each concerned with a particular product line. 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