Old DAT files on new created emergency disk?

[theom]

Hi,
I have McAfee Visrusscan installed on my PC (W98SE) and have the latest DAT files downloaded and installed.
After this I created an emergency disk for use on another (possibly infected) PC, but when I scanned the PC I found out that the virus definition files were out of date (2001).
How is this possible? Is this a known issue/bug? How do I get an emergency disk with the latest virus files included?
Thanks in advance.

 

[AVDude]

Hi

The emergency disk only contains a smaller DAT needed to scan Boot Sector and memory.

McAfee will release a new tool called CleanBoot

http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/beta/CleanBoot/default.asp

With this utility you can create a bootable CD with the lates DAT and engine since no diskette can hold a full DAT and engine.

Cheers
AVDude

 

[AVChap]

Alternatively, you can UPDATE the DAT files on that Emergency Disk by downloading this:

http://download.nai.com/products/mcafee-avert/em_dats/emdats.zip

HTH, AVChap
... my $1 worth of advise, 2cents isn't enough due to inflation

 

[theom]

Thanks, this is really helpful!

Cheers, Theo