Modified version of symav.bat

[Sander N. <im...@im...>]

Hello list,

Because i install pc's just for friends and family i don't have a
Symantec update server. Because i got tired of those annoying messages
of 'old virus definition files' i decided to do something about it.

I found a few docs on symantec and MSFN in which is explained how the
installation can be updated with the latest virus definition files using
the *.xdb technique.

I took the liberty to modify the script of jftuga (John Taylor) found at
http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t50679.html
for my linux environment. Also i modified the symav.bat file.

symav.bat (also attached as text-file)
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:: OPTIONAL: Install Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition Client
@Echo off
todo.pl "msiexec /qn /l* %SystemDrive%\netinst\logs\sav.txt /i \"%Z%
\packages\sav-9.0\Symantec AntiVirus.msi\"
ADDLOCAL=SAVMain,SAVUI,SAVHelp,QClient ENABLEAUTOPROTECT=1
RUNLIVEUPDATE=0 REBOOT=ReallySuppress"
XCOPY /Y %Z%\packages\sav-9.0\update\*.xdb "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%
\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\"
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All it does is copy the file to its location. Because of the rebooting
using other scripts the symantec service is reloaded and discovers the
file and starts updating. See
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2005040711404048?Open&dtype=corp
for details.

The script for automatically updating the virus definition file to the
latest one available is too large to post. So i have attached it. You
only have to cron it (for example) daily!

The only side-note to the script is that it always will download the
file even if the newest file is already present. I am on DSL and don't
have a download limit so don't care about it.

Have fun with it and i hope it will be added to the cvs-repository or
somewhere else. 

Sander