Edited MSI for 9.0.2.1000.

Removed...

Also Liveupdate v2.6 is out.

Hi Ryan

Can you share with us the command line you use to compress your SAV install for sfx including autorun and silent install?

I have been playing with 7zip for a day or so but have had little joy getting it to work correctly. Previously have been using WinRAR.

I'm assuming you've already got an administrative installation point at this point in time. Download StartX and put it in the same folder as the SAV9 AIP (you'll have to do a search to find it - it's finals week for me and I'm not looking for it). (The rest of this is for the most part in the 7zip help file, for future reference...) Create a 7zip archive of the whole thing. You can delete the other files in the directory so you only have a .7z file remaining. In notepad, create a text file with the following information in it and save it as config.txt in UTF-8 (critical!) format.You can change the MSI parameters however you see fit (say for example you want to use the /qn switch instead or your MSI has a different filename), just maintain the rest of the structure.

From the 7zip directory, copy 7zS.sfx to the folder with the .7z file and config.txt in it. Open a command prompt at that location and enter the following command:(I'm assuming that the archive name is sav9.7z for this example - you'd obviously change that to whatever it really is. Same goes for the final EXE name)

You should now have an EXE in the directory ready to go.

P.S. - We'll save custom icons and UPX compression of the SFX module for a later date (unless somebody else wants to do it)

EDIT: Heck, I'm feeling like such a nice guy tonight (and don't feel like studying anymore) that I'll even include my UPX compressed SFX file with a custom SAV icon for the installer. Just extract the SFX file from the archive and modify the procedure accordingly to take the new filename into account (if you can't figure that part out, I will officially lose all hope for mankind).

In SAV 9.3 they moved lsetup.exe to \program files\Symantec AntiVirus\lusetup.exe

Hi, any help whit nav corp 9.0.2.1000 and installing as client service

can you write down the right runonce commands cuse i tryed urs but it wont load for some reason

its msi installer, any help is much appriciated!!

you can find in this topic MSI_FAQ.txt.

hi. when i manually install SAV9 to my machines, i was instructed to install it as "managed" (not standalone) setup...

i was wondering, with silent install of SAV9 discussed here, what kind of client install does this one do, managed or unmanaged or standalone?

if ever, how will i silently install this one as "managed"? thanks a bunch.

you can create a silient managed install using the management tools that come with sav 8.x and above.

I just checked the contents on the CD of SAV and it has the Packager which is seems to be handy however it won't work with version 9.0 and above because they are now using MSI instead of PMI. Any suggestions? I'm trying to make a package for a computer that's off site. How can I make it unmanaged and it runs daily scans and liveupdate on its own without user interface? Thanks!

So I updated my copy of SAV 9.0.2 with the latest updates ect. When testing it still downloads what it says are 2 updates. From what I red on here that is just Symantec being lame and not knowing that I have the latest updates. XP does not tell me my definitions are out-of-date. should just ignore it and be on my merry way? It downloads Avenge 1.5 MicroDefs2 Corp 9 So I assume its just Symantec being lame. Correct???

those are generally definition updates... I was also never able to get Windows Security Center to even recognize corp edition. Does yours?

Do you tried to manually copy virus definition files from
7zipedEXE folder \program files\Symantec AntiVirus\Virus Defs\*.*

to

C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\Virus Defs\

and

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\BinHub\

and

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\20050418.008\

or whatever has it named after install ?

Anyway, SAV CE 10.0.0.359 is now available...

SAV CE 10 comes with a file called VDefHub.zip which contains the virus definitions. If a person wants updated virus defs without using the AIP method, simply download the intelligent updater from symantec. Extract virusscan.zip from the sfx file and rename it to VDefHub.zip and put in the directory with the setup files. You can make a sfx file to silently install sav like I did with the latest virus defs. This method is a lot easier than making an AIP.

That's a neat change, I have to say. That being said, I'll stick with my 12MB 7zip compressed AIP installer

EDIT: Hmm, this one's at 16MB so far. Time to see if I can get it lower. Also, VDefHub.zip also exists for AIPs. I like it a LOT!

Yea it is neat. Personally because I'm using an DVD for unattended winxp install, size doesn't matter for me.

and then SAV 10 was released :|

Where can we find the latest def file?
Is it the same one as SAV9 (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/download/pages/US-N95.html)?

Ok, I figured it out, and tested it myself. I can confirm these steps work (tested):

To Have SAV 10.0.0.359 Install Updated VirusDefs:

1) Download latest .exe file (it's in the following format YYYYMMDD-xxx-i32.exe) from: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...ges/US-N95.html

2) Extract files from exe using Winrar (or any decompression untility)

3) Rename "VIRSCAN.ZIP" to "VDefHub.zip"

4) Place the newly renamed "VDefHub.zip" into your SAV source (and overwrite).

Now when SAV10 installs, it will install the updated virus defs.

Thanks to 1chaoticadult for the method!

Always glad to help. I like how you put in an easy to read step-by-step method. I'm getting lazy lately so you kind of picked up my slack...

my pleasure.

I've had this break SAV. Here's a free Program that checks Symantec's servers for the latest updates and downloads/installs them. I run it after installing SAV10 on my unattended DVD using this:

REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "%SystemRoot%\system32\UpdateVscan.exe /s" /f

Cheers!