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  Feb 16 2007, 08:34 AM
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So last November I decided to upgrade McAfee again to McAfee VirusScan 2006 v10.0. Installed it no problem. Tried to install the latest update but it came back with the same error I don't have any McAfee products. I ran sdat4883.exe which worked before and it worked again. In the new year I decided to do a format and rebuild, I hadn't done one for 18 months. So I knew everything would be fresh and not corrupted. I reinstalled Win98se and decided to put the VirusScan in first to see if it would work. It installed in no problem, I ran sdat4903.exe the lastest update but it couldn't find any McAfee products again. I ran sdat4883.exe which worked before and it worked again. So in conclusion no updates work from 31/10/06, as anyone else had this problem? What I've been doing for the past couple of months is copying the update files of the computers at work to a flash drive and taking them home that way. 
-------------------- Keith
http://www.martin2k.co.uk/forums I've been programming with VB for 12 years. Started with VB4 16bit Pro, VB5 Pro, VB6 Pro/Enterprise and now VB3 Pro. But I'm no expert, I'm still learning. |
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Mar 11 2007, 07:04 PM
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 Bleepin' Helper Group: Members Posts: 1,071 Joined: 23-February 07 From: The United States Member No.: 113,595 |
I would switch to either Norton AntiVirus 2007, NOD32 AntiVirus 2.7, or Kaspersky AntiVirus 6.0
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Mar 13 2007, 11:56 AM
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Switch to Norton 360. It does everything McAfee Total Protection 2007 does, but is small on system resources. Its well worth the purchase.
-------------------- Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 l McAfee Total Protection l Super AntiSpyware Free Edition l AdAware SE Personal l Spyware Blaster l Spyware Guard l Safe Eyes 2007
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May 11 2007, 02:13 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 25-January 07 Member No.: 108,272 |
Update.
I've found the location of the dat files Current Dat Files. I can extract clean.dat, names.dat and scan.dat from the zip file. 
-------------------- Keith
http://www.martin2k.co.uk/forums I've been programming with VB for 12 years. Started with VB4 16bit Pro, VB5 Pro, VB6 Pro/Enterprise and now VB3 Pro. But I'm no expert, I'm still learning. |
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