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McAfee dat update invalid
I went to the McAfee site tonight to download a new virus definition file (it had been 21 days since last update). It downloaded normally, but when I clicked on it to install it, I got this message:
"4074updt.exe is not a valid Win 32 application."
Downloaded again. Same result.
I've updated dat files a dozen or more times since I got my XPS-T600 in September 1999, and I've never had this problem before. I'm running Windows 98SE.
I have read a lot of negative stuff about McAfee on this forum but thought I'd dodged the bullet. Maybe not. Is this my excuse to upgrade to Norton?
"4074updt.exe is not a valid Win 32 application."
Downloaded again. Same result.
I've updated dat files a dozen or more times since I got my XPS-T600 in September 1999, and I've never had this problem before. I'm running Windows 98SE.
I have read a lot of negative stuff about McAfee on this forum but thought I'd dodged the bullet. Maybe not. Is this my excuse to upgrade to Norton?
Michigan cat
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April 23rd, 2000 04:00
I'm runing close to the same as yours, Like you , I have been lucky so far . I have had some bad downloads from Mcafee , but on the second time it allways loaded right . Excuse to upgrade to Norton???
I'm still trying too figure out why Dell droped Mcafee???????? Maybe Dell knows something we dont!!! Hu!! M.C.
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nilo
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April 23rd, 2000 05:00
Thanks for your efforts. I just went back to the McAfee site and downloaded the 4074xdat file. It installed OK. Apparently the xdat will replace the updt after May 3. I remember reading something about it in the 6,000 words of one of the recent dat update notes.
I'm not sure how I found my way to the xdat download and not sure I could get back there. Each time I go to the site, the message gets clearer: They just want to sell me something new.
Michigan cat
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April 23rd, 2000 05:00
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DebbieK
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April 23rd, 2000 15:00
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April 23rd, 2000 16:00
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