Re: [Declude.Virus] McAfee DailyDAT download location change.

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:07:34 -0700

The FTP site doesn't have the beta DAT's listed.  It is the beta DAT's that contain the latest updates, and for an E-mail system, they are the best thing to use.  Naturally they aren't as well tested as the other things, but they will block things more quickly and you have to weigh that against the possibility of losing E-mail.

I would recommend the HTTP link that Scott provided unless the beta DAT's are available over FTP.

Matt



William Stillwell wrote:
The Proper method to update the dat would be to pull the "ini" file
 
 
Then Parse this [zip] section
 
[ZIP]
EngineVersion=0
DATVersion=4579
FileName=dat-4579.zip
FilePath=/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/
FileSize=6448048
Checksum=2090,BED1
MD5=cc4e480fbc191a89354a5891ca4aa6dc
 
to obtain the URI Filename
 
then, verify the MD5 Checksum, then unzip it..
 
then notify you of the download, unzip, and send the DatVersion to you.
 
What happens if you download is corrupt? you now have successfully disabled your virus scanner.
 
 
 
 

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