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Creating a batch file for McAffee

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by marco_casara

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I need to create a batch file that will allow my end users to download the superdat files from McAffee?s web site. Does anybody have any suggestions about what such a script would look like? I am getting very desperate and would appreciate any help or scripts.

The clients are using windows 95/98 and logging on to an NT 4.0 domain. The clients are running virusscan 4.0.3, engine number 4.0.70. The purpose of the script is so that I do not need to go into each PC to automate the process. Iwill have the clients execute the batch at log on.

Thank you,
Marco17

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by mphoffar

I don't think you need a batch file to do this, but rather use the command line options with the superdat updates. What I've done with a small group of users here is create a shortcut on their startup folder with the command

q:\sdatupd /SILENT /F

Of carse I rename the sdat4xxx I download to sdatupd and q is a mapped public share I use to keep all the dat updates.

Basically what happens here is everytime they log into the machine, the sdat is ran in the background. They won't see anything because of the /silent switch. the /F switch just forces the update. You could remove the /F and this will not update if the dats are the same.

Good luck to you

Mark

by marco_casara

I appreciate the response and that sounds like a possible answer, but I have too many out of state users. It would be more beneficial if I didn't need to get on each of their desktops. I really do appreciate the help though,
Marco17

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