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McAfee 7.1 / 8.0i
General | Setup | Updates | Scanning | What's
New in 8.0i
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Adding the
NDSU Download Location
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| To update, we first need to locate the McAfee 7.1 VShield icon in the system tray (next to the clock). |  |
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Once located, we will then right click on the VShield icon and get a context (pop-up) menu. |
| At the top of this menu, there will be an option called VirusScan Console. Click on this to open the console window. |  |
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When the VirusScan Console window opens up, this is what it should look like. |
| While most of the anti-virus setup has been done on default, we need to add the NDSU datfile update location. To do this, we click on the Tools menu and then select "Edit Autoupdate Repository List". |  |
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To the left is what you will most likely see in the list. If you see a listing called NDSU, you can stop now - your setup has already been completed by someone else. Most likely a technician. |
| If you only see the two entries for NAI, then we need to click on the Add button. This is what you see once you have selected Add. |  |
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The entry we want to create is called NDSU. We will be using an FTP repository so be sure to select that. The URL we will use is antivirus.nodak.edu/ (be sure to add the "/" at the end of the url). The port number is 21. Lastly, be sure Anonymous Login is checked. Click on the image to the right for a full size picture, you can compare this to your screen. |
| Once this is done, all we need to do now is move the NDSU entry to the top so it is the first download location checked. We do this by left-clicking once on NDSU and then clicking on the "Move Up" button several times. Once finished, click on OK and close out of the rest of the console windows. |  |
Scheduling Updates
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To schedule updates with McAfee 7.1, open the console window like before. You will find task listed in the console called AutoUpdate. |
| Double click on AutoUpdate to open the VirusScan AutoUpdate Properties window. Once open, click on the Schedule button in the upper right corner. |  |
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Now you should see a Schedule Settings window like the one on the left. In this window there are two tabs: Task and Schedule. Click on the Schedule tab. |
You should now see a window similar to the one on the right. Under schedule task, select Weekly. Now select a start time when you know your computer will be on. We usually recommend to have you run the update over the noon hour (12:00 PM). Near the bottom, you should now select which days (M-F) that you would like. We recommend you choose at least 2 non-consecutive days to increase you chances of getting the new updates as soon as they're released. In this example, we are updating at noon every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. When finished, click on OK and close out of the remaining windows. Your computer is now set to auto-update McAfee 7.1 |
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