VirusScan for Windows
VirusScan License Agreement
You must read and agree to the following terms before you can begin the download.
This software is provided to you under an agreement between The Ohio State University and Network Associates, Inc. Under the terms of the license agreement, current faculty, staff and students may use this software while they are associated with the university. This license is nontransferable. When you are no longer a current faculty or staff member, you must leave the software with your department and/or remove all copies from your computer.
This license is obtained on a two-year term. Should the Office of Information Technology (OIT) not renew this license, you agree to remove all copies of the software in your control and discontinue all use.
The software is for use on The Ohio State University main and regional campuses and on your home computer. You are authorized to install this software on one computer on campus and at home unless specifically authorized by OIT as a departmental computer support representative.
If you are authorized to install multiple copies, you must advise anyone who is using or receiving any of those copies that they are prohibited from distributing, modifying, or making copies of the software, and you must supply them with the terms of this agreement. You also agree to provide their names to the IT Service Desk at 025 Central Classrooms to record the distribution. You can provide this information by writing to Customer Services at 8help@osu.edu or by calling 688-HELP. If you are placing copies into a student or other departmental lab setting that you manage, you agree to report the number of installed copies to OIT as above.
This software is protected by both United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Each installed copy of the program is registered with the Office of Information Technology as a function of your agreeing with these terms. Archival copies of this software may be made for the sole purpose of backing up your software.
Download VirusScan
First read the information that follows about downloading and installing the software and then signify your acceptance of the preceding license terms by clicking below.
Because of licensing restrictions, you'll be connected to a secure sever once you click the "I agree" link above. You'll be required to enter your OSU Internet username and password to access this server.
Install VirusScan
Note: As you're downloading the install file, the type of information that appears on your screen varies depending on the browser you're using.
- After the download is finished, uncompress the self-extracting
setup file.
- Locate the folder where you downloaded the VirusScan
software and double-click the file vscan8_7.exe.
click Open and then click OK to
extract the files.
- When prompted for an "extract to" directory,
use an empty temporary folder on your hard drive.
- Open the folder containing the extracted files, and double-click Setup.exe.
- A VirusScan Enterprise Setup screen will be displayed.
You're advised to view the "ReadMe" file. Please read and print
this as needed and then click Next>.
- When the panel is displayed with the End User License
Agreement, read it, select 2 year subscription, and click I
accept if you agree to the terms. Click OK to
continue.
- If Setup detects a previous version of VirusScan, it
will need to uninstall this to proceed with the new install of VirusScan
8.7. Your configuration settings can be preserved by the installer by
making sure Preserve settings is checked.
- At this point, you are given the opportunity to select typical or custom
installation. Most users will want to select typical. Click Next.
- Click Install to begin the installation. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete it.
Update VirusScan Data Files
There are two different ways of updating your data files. With VirusScan 8.7, this process can be either manual or automatic. New Superdat files are available from the Software Downloads site for manual downloading. Superdat updates both the data (DAT) files as well as the scan engine. Version 8.7 comes preconfigured to do AutoUpdate so that you can receive incremental DAT file updates automatically. In addition, AutoUpdate will now use a new SuperDAT file automatically if your DAT files are far enough out of date and will also update your scan engine automatically when needed. Most users will want to just use the preconfigured settings; however, you can modify these settings if desired.
To configure VirusScan to do an automatic update, first open the AntiVirus console. Choose Network Associates/VirusScan Console in the Start menu or right-click the VirusScan icon in the system tray and select Console. In the dialog box that appears, double-click AutoUpdate under "Task." A dialog box appears; do the following:
- Click the Schedule button.
- Click the Task tab, and check the box next to "Enable Schedule Settings".
- Click the Schedule tab, and set your scheduling times as desired.
- Click OK twice.
- Under the Tools menu, click Edit AutoUpdate Repository List.
- Select the Repositories tab, and click the Add button.
- Type a site name meaningful to you under "Repository Description," for example, "DAT Update".
- Select the option HTTP Repository under "Retrieve files from".
- Type the address for the desired set of files under "Repository Details".
For example, OIT's repository is set to:
http://vscan.osu.edu/vscanupdate
For "Port," use port 80. Click OK to save the changes. For additional information on configuring AutoUpdate, consult the VirusScan User's Guide.
