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Need full procedure to update definitions on standalone laptops

bhami

I manage several classified laptops which must have Sophos Antivirus 9.0.3 definitions updated by "sneakernet", since they are not allowed to connect to a network. Please tell me the Sophos URL where I can go to download the required files, and tell me the procedure to apply on the laptop after I have copied the update files from CDROM.

I searched your knowledge base and forum but I did not find directly applicable instructions.

Thanks.

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    Bruce,

    you didn't say whether you have SEC/SUM on your network - I assumed you do, if not you should consider installing it (Standalone means by the way: not managed by SEC - but not off-net). Of course you can download the latest IDEs from Download latest virus identity (IDE) files and put them into the %PROGRAMFILES\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory. 

    Depends on how often you want to update definitions (and if you also want to update the engine).

    The procedure I outlined in is much simpler and keeps everything (not only the IDEs) up to date. BTW - you can leave out RMS on the initial install (see the article about setup.exe).

    Or is there another reason why you want to do it completely "by hand"?

    Christian

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    Bruce,

    you didn't say whether you have SEC/SUM on your network - I assumed you do, if not you should consider installing it (Standalone means by the way: not managed by SEC - but not off-net). Of course you can download the latest IDEs from Download latest virus identity (IDE) files and put them into the %PROGRAMFILES\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus directory. 

    Depends on how often you want to update definitions (and if you also want to update the engine).

    The procedure I outlined in is much simpler and keeps everything (not only the IDEs) up to date. BTW - you can leave out RMS on the initial install (see the article about setup.exe).

    Or is there another reason why you want to do it completely "by hand"?

    Christian

    :1485
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