McAfee:Setting Up AutoUpdate

Setting up AutoUpdate

1. Double click the magnifying glass in the task bar in the bottom right corner of your screen, this is the VirusScan Console.

4. The window should now be showing a list of Update sites that are setup on your McAfee, there might be a couple showing or maybe none at all.

5. If there are some there, look for one named "Network Associates"
6. If Network Associates is there, look to the right of it to see if it is enabled or disabled.
- If it is enabled that’s good, it is setup and you can click ok.
- If it is disabled, double click on Network Associates, and at the top next to the name is a check box for enabled, put a check in it. Everything should look like the picture below.
7. If Network Associates WASN’T on the list then you have to add it. Click Add from the buttons on the right. Type Network Associates in for the site name. And type: "ftp.nai.com/virusdefs/4.x" in for the ftp site. Everything should look like the picture below.

8. Now click OK, and OK once more.
9. Now everyone should be at the same spot again. At the AutoUpdate properties and there should be two tabs at the top: Program and Schedule.
10. Click on the Schedule tab.

11. Make sure the enable box is checked at the top. And choose "Daily" in the next area down if it is not already chosen. Finally, 12:00 should be entered into the start at time.
12. Click ok and your McAfee is all set to update every day at noon.