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Setting up and using Virex's eUpdate

IT Services recommends setting up your Virex anti-viral software to grab updates from the UWRF server rather than the default server, which is run by Network Associates and serves their entire customer base. Access to our server is generally faster and more reliable.

You may wish to print these instructions.

Using eUpdate

  1. Launch the Virex application program.
  2. Click the eUpdate button at the far right end of your Virex button-bar. The Virex application will check for updates, download them if they exist as well as install them.

Short setup instructions :-)

  1. Launch the Virex application program.
  2. Click the Preferences button in the row of buttons at the top of the application window
  3. Select the EUpdate icon from the column at the left of the preferences dialog box.
  4. Enter ftp.uwrf.edu in the box for "update server"
  5. Enter /pub/mac/antivirus/virex/ in the box for "update folder" (don't forget the / at beginning and end)
  6. Click Save to save these settings. The Virex Application Preferences window will go away.
  7. You can click the eUpdate button in the button bar in you Virex application to test your new settings.

Longer setup instructions:

Launch the Virex application program

Click the Preferences button in the row of buttons in the application, as shown below:

This will open up a dialog box with a column of buttons down the left side. Scroll until you see the EUpdate icon, then click on it. Enter ftp.uwrf.edu in the box for "update server" (in red below), then enter /pub/mac/antivirus/virex/ in the box for "update folder" (in blue below) -- don't forget the / at beginning and end.

Click Save to save these settings. The Virex Application Preferences dialog window will go away. You can now test your settings and perform future virus definition updates by clicking the eUpdate button at the right end of your button bar in Virex.


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