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Saving Virex Downloads?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Mar 2001
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How long should I save the Virex anti virus downloads? Is it safe
to trash some that go back to 1999 in order to save disk space?
Thanks.
Ed
Mac 450, OS 8.6
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Edward Sturr
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Bruges, Belgium
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No, I wouldn't do so, it's always possible that an ugly virus is waiting on a disk or within a file, even if the virus is that old.
caifara
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Live-Perth Aus/ Work-Worldwide
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download the latest virex dat file,double click on it and say yes to update virex, trash all old dat files, you don't need them. http://download.mcafee.com/updates/datmac.asp
If you have downloaded virex, you can look in the installer folder, take out the old dat file and put in the new one.(this is for backup purposes)then put the complet intaller folder onto a zip disk.
[This message has been edited by Aussiemac (edited 03-02-2001).]
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Aussiemac
iMac 21.5"-2.4GHz i5, 15"-2.66 i7 MacBook Pro, iMac Bondi G3/233 (still working), HTC Desire, Golf V GTI DSG
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Pasadena, CA USA
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I think that he means is "can he throw away the update files (monthly def's)".
The answer is yes - you can toss them right after you do the update. So if you keep all of those old files, they're just wasting space.
Scott
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