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Update Mcafee

To manually update the DAT files for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8, the document provides steps to: 1. Download the latest DAT files and extraction tool to a temporary folder. 2. Stop the McAfee services and extract the DAT files. 3. Copy the extracted DAT files to the Engine folder and replace the existing files. 4. Restart the McAfee services and verify the DAT version has been successfully updated. 5. Reset the McAfee service settings.

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Update Mcafee

To manually update the DAT files for McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8, the document provides steps to: 1. Download the latest DAT files and extraction tool to a temporary folder. 2. Stop the McAfee services and extract the DAT files. 3. Copy the extracted DAT files to the Engine folder and replace the existing files. 4. Restart the McAfee services and verify the DAT version has been successfully updated. 5. Reset the McAfee service settings.

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To manually update the DAT files for VirusScan Enterprise 8.

8:

1. Obtain the latest DAT files:


a. Using Windows Explorer, create a temporary folder C:\DAT.
b. Download the latest DAT. {GENDAT.EN_US}
c. Download ####xdat.exe (where #### is the latest DAT version). Example: 7123xdat.exe

2. Allow changes to McAfee services:


a. Click Start, Programs, McAfee, VirusScan Console.
b. Double-click Access Protection, deselect Prevent McAfee services from being stopped,
and click OK.
c. Exit the VirusScan Console.

3. Stop McAfee services:


a. Click Start, Run, type services.msc, then press ENTER.
b. Right-click each of the following services and select Stop:

 McAfee McShield
 McAfee Framework

c. Exit the Services screen.

4. Extract the DAT file:


a. Using WinZip or a similar file compression utility, extract the DAT file. For example:
avvdat-7123.zip.
b. Hold the CTRL key and select the following extracted files:
 avvclean.dat
 avvnames.dat
 avvscan.dat

c. Right-click on one of the selected files and click Copy.


d. Browse to C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\Engine.
e. Right-click the Engine directory and select Paste.
f. When prompted to replace the existing files, select Yes to All.

5. Restart McAfee services:


a. Click Start, Run, type services.msc, then press ENTER.
b. Right-click each of the services below and select Start:

McAfee McShield
McAfee Framework

c. Exit the Services screen.

6. Verify the DAT version has been updated:


a. Click Start, Programs, McAfee, and select VirusScan Console.
b. Click Help, About.

The virus definitions will now indicate that the latest DAT version is installed.

7. Prevent changes to McAfee services:


a. Click Start, Programs, McAfee, VirusScan Console.
b. Double-click Access Protection, select Prevent McAfee services from being stopped, and
click OK.
c. Exit the VirusScan Console.

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