AntiVirus update without internet access.

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>
> So, does any antivirus product (Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc) provide such
> a facility?

I suppose you didn't look yourself, because most antivirus
producers provide a downloadable off-line update.

AntiVir
http://www.avira.com/en/support/vdf_update.html

McAfee
http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp?region=u...egment=
(click on "I Agree")

Norton (yeck)
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download.html
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/AVDEFS/norton_antivirus/

AVG
http://www.majorgeeks.com/AVG_Anti-Virus_Updates_d4478.html

Avast
http://www.majorgeeks.com/avast_Virus_Definitions_d5150.html

and maybe you can look here to find more:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html



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In article <1175614860.362491.196660
@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, nick.TakeThisOut@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
says...
> Hi,
>
> I have been tasked with finding an antivirus software product for a
> windows XP Pro PC which is acting as a server in an industrial
> automation system.
>
> This server doesn't have an internet connection, but the customer
> wants it to be regularly updated with the latest antivirus
> definitions.
>

Does it have a connection the the local LAN, though?
We have some mahcines here that can see our LAN but not the internet, so they get
updates from a local machine that _can_ see the internet. This is using McAfee, I have a
win2003 server set up as a McAfee Update Repository.



> So, does any antivirus product (Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc) provide such
> a facility?
>
> Ideally, the solution will be:
> 1) Finding a way to download an update from a PC which 'is' connected
> to the internet.
> 2) Then copy the update file to the server using USB memory stick, and
> putting the update file in a specific directory on the server.
> 3) The servers antivirus program picks up the update definition file
> and does the upgrade.
>
> So, can this be done?
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>
> Rgards
>
>

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In article <1175614860.362491.196660
@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, nick.RemoveThis@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
says...
> Hi,
>
> I have been tasked with finding an antivirus software product for a
> windows XP Pro PC which is acting as a server in an industrial
> automation system.
>
> This server doesn't have an internet connection, but the customer
> wants it to be regularly updated with the latest antivirus
> definitions.
>

Does it have a connection the the local LAN, though?
We have some mahcines here that can see our LAN but not the internet, so they get
updates from a local machine that _can_ see the internet. This is using McAfee, I have a
win2003 server set up as a McAfee Update Repository.



> So, does any antivirus product (Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc) provide such
> a facility?
>
> Ideally, the solution will be:
> 1) Finding a way to download an update from a PC which 'is' connected
> to the internet.
> 2) Then copy the update file to the server using USB memory stick, and
> putting the update file in a specific directory on the server.
> 3) The servers antivirus program picks up the update definition file
> and does the upgrade.
>
> So, can this be done?
>
> Any advice appreciated.
>
> Rgards
>
>

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On 4 Apr, 10:34, foghollow <d....DeleteThis@davebudd.org.ku> wrote:
> In article <1175614860.362491.196660
> @q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, n....DeleteThis@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
> says...
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have been tasked with finding an antivirus software product for a
> > windows XP Pro PC which is acting as a server in an industrial
> > automation system.
>
> > This server doesn't have an internet connection, but the customer
> > wants it to be regularly updated with the latest antivirus
> > definitions.
>
> Does it have a connection the the local LAN, though?
> We have some mahcines here that can see our LAN but not the internet, so they get
> updates from a local machine that _can_ see the internet. This is using McAfee, I have a
> win2003 server set up as a McAfee Update Repository.
>

Yes, there is a local lan. But no computer on the lan is connected to
the internet. Your suggestion is interesting though. I didn't know
that one computer connected to the internet to act as a local server
to update other internal PCs.
However, this is not an option for me in this case.
All I can do is drop a file onto a directory on the server. The only
network access I have to this PC is through the mapped network drive
method.
I think I may have to manually download the update file to a PC which
is connected to the internet. Then copy that to my USB memory stick.
Then transfer that to a PC on the internal LAN and copy it to the
folder of the remote server. I may need to create a scheduled task to
run a program which will do the antivirus update from the actual
server.

Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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In article <mn.1c787d744fc8702c.57381 RemoveThis @ninmule.invalid>,
fredw RemoveThis @ninmule.invalid says...
> Control Freq used her/his keyboard to write :
> >
> > So, does any antivirus product (Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc) provide such
> > a facility?
>
> I suppose you didn't look yourself, because most antivirus
> producers provide a downloadable off-line update.
>
> AntiVir
> http://www.avira.com/en/support/vdf_update.html
>
> McAfee
> http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp?region=u...egment=
> (click on "I Agree")
>
> Norton (yeck)
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/download.html
> ftp://ftp.symantec.com/AVDEFS/norton_antivirus/
>
> AVG
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/AVG_Anti-Virus_Updates_d4478.html
>
> Avast
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/avast_Virus_Definitions_d5150.html
>
> and maybe you can look here to find more:
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html
>
>
>
>
Not much to add to that!
Except, maybe:
Fopr Sophos, you can dl the latest IDE set from their site and just unzip it to the Sophos
installation folder. Then you should stop and restart the on-access scanner, so it recognises
the new IDEs.
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