Hi Ronni, John & other WAMUG members, Many thanks for the suggestions. I did download the virus def files as John suggested, and also tried Ronni's solution. Unfortunately with my version of Virex 7.5.1 I just could not chose FTP. I could see it but it was 'greyed' out, hence unavailable.
I sent an email to Westnet, my ISP, who within 10 minutes called me on the telephone and advised me that there was a setup item which needed to be done on the NetComm modem/router. On the Setup page and PPPoE setup I needed to enable 'Enforce MTU'. Once this done I could access my .mac, and what's more Virex could also access the eUpdate server. Problem solved! You would think. However for some reason I just cannot save this setting to the modem. Clicking the apply button simply resulted in a blank page on the browser, and if I switched off the modem, this particular setting was not saved and had to be reset prior to checking my mail. It looks like the browser could not, for reason unknown to me, get the modem to save this particular setting. I tried this with not only Safari, but also FireFox with the same negative result. Currently I am left with two options: - Leave the modem on permanently. Which I do not particularly want to do seeing it is a WiFi one - Reset the modem just prior to checking my .mac account Wonder if anyone with some knowledge of NetComm NB5Plus4W can provide some suggestions. Many thanks again, Philippe on 22/3/06 8:28 AM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Philippe, > > I did this when I was using Virex 7.2 in OSX10.39. > > 1. Open Virex. > > 2. From the Virex menu, choose Preferences. > > 3. Under Virus Update, click on Customize my eUpdate server > settings. A checkmark appears next to the statement and the server > settings button becomes active. > > 4. Click server settings. > > 5. Under Type, make sure FTP is selected. > > 6. Under Server URL, type: ftp.nai.com > > 7. Leave the port blank. > > 8. In the Username field, type: anonymous > > 9. Leave the password and account fields blank. > > 10. Under Directory, type: /virusdefs/mac/virex7/ if you are using > Virex 7. > > 11. Click OK to save your settings. > > 12. Click OK to save your Preferences. > > > > > Next time you connect to the Internet, you should be able to run > eUpdate by clicking the eUpdate icon in Virex. > > Tip: When you run eUpdate, you see an alert asking for your > password, as seen below. This is a normal part of installing > software. The password you need to enter is your computer's > administrator password. > > > > > Cheers, > Ronni > Car'n The Pies > > >
