McAfee AVDCDE-AA-AA User Guide - Page 234

Updating and Upgrading VirusScan Software • Update your files immediately from the sites listed in the update list, using default configuration options or the options you chose for this task. Click Update now. To use this function, you must have configured enough of the necessary options for the AutoUpdate utility to locate the listed site and, if necessary, log on to it. See "Configuring update options" on page 235 to learn how to specify the options you need. If AutoUpdate cannot connect to the listed site after three attempts, or if it does not find new .DAT files, it will connect to each of the other sites listed until it finds the most current .DAT files available. If you have the Force Update option selected, AutoUpdate will download any .DAT files it finds on the first site to which it can connect successfully. See "Configuring advanced update options" on page 237 for more details. 4. Click the Log Activity tab to display the next property page (Figure 7-3). Figure 7-3. Automatic Update dialog box - Log Activity page 5. Select the Log activity into the Activity Log File checkbox. By default, the AutoUpdate utility records what happens during update attempts and saves the record in the file UPDATE UPGRADE ACTIVITY LOG.TXT in the VirusScan program directory whenever you stop the task or when you shut your system down. 234 McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software