Installation of Virus Scan 4.5.1: Windows 9x Family

Use this software at your own risk

Through a licensing agreement, this software is available to students, staff and faculty free of charge. However, it is not supported through Bethel's ITS Department or the vendor. Fully supported versions of this software and other antivirus products are available at retail stores selling computer software. Keep in mind that a risk of something going wrong always exists when installing software on a computer. If you chose to use the software provided by Bethel, you are accepting this risk and assuming responsibility to resolve an unfavorable outcome yourself.

Important Information
Before installing this software you must remove any antivirus software currently on your computer.

Virus Scan 4.5.1

How to Install Virus Scan 4.5.1 Using the Custom Installer

1. Double-click on setup.msi located in the For Win95,98, ME folder.
   Click OK and the setup program will launch. You should see the following screen:
   Click the Next button to continue.
   
   
2. Select the I agree… radio button and click Next
   
   
   
3. Keep the Use Standard Security option selected and click Next.
   
   
4. Keep the Typical Installation option selected and click Next.
   
   
5. Click Install to begin the installation process.
   
   
   
6. After the installer finishes, you will see a screen like this:
   
   If you are installing Virus Scan on a computer with Windows 95 or 98, make sure the top option is checked.
   Do not create an Emergency Disk if given the option.
   Do not run the Default Scan after installation as it does not do an entire scan – we will run a complete scan after the installation.
   Click Next to continue.

The installer will scan your memory for viruses and then open the following screen:

If you are connected to the internet, choose to Run AutoUpdate Now.
If you are not connected to the internet choose Wait and Run AutoUpdate Later and click Next

7. Click Finish to complete the installation process.
   

If you are not connected to the Internet

Locate the SDAT file located in the Virus Scan Anti-virus Software folder located within the Anti-Virus folder. Double-click on it to load current virus definitions.

8. Run a complete system scan.

How to Run a Complete System Scan

Click Start -> Programs -> Network Associates -> VirusScan Console.
Select Scan Drive ‘C’ and click Start.

This window pops up and will scan your computer.

This process will take a long time.

If the scanner encounters a virus on your computer, it will try to clean it. If it cannot clean it, it will ask you if you want to delete it. Deleting the file may cause data loss or system damage, but is recommended if the file cannot be cleaned.
When the scanner completes scanning drive C, close the Virus Scan Console.

Virus Scan is configured to AutoUpdate itself every Thursday at noon. Please have your computer turned on and connected to the Internet at this time to allow this process to complete weekly.
If you are not on campus, manual update instructions follow.

Manually Updating your Virus Definition Files

Click Start -> Programs -> Network Associates -> VirusScan Console.

Click the AutoUpdate (circled in green) item.
Click Start (circled in red).

This window pops up and eventually finishes.

The Cancel button becomes an OK button. Click OK.

Close the VirusScan Console window by clicking the X in the upper-right hand corner of the window.