Re: AntiVirus update without internet access.

In article <1175614860.362491.196660
@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
says...
Hi,

I have been tasked with finding an antivirus software product for a
windows XP Pro PC which is acting as a server in an industrial
automation system.

This server doesn't have an internet connection, but the customer
wants it to be regularly updated with the latest antivirus
definitions.


Does it have a connection the the local LAN, though?
We have some mahcines here that can see our LAN but not the internet, so they get
updates from a local machine that _can_ see the internet. This is using McAfee, I have a
win2003 server set up as a McAfee Update Repository.



So, does any antivirus product (Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc) provide such
a facility?

Ideally, the solution will be:
1) Finding a way to download an update from a PC which 'is' connected
to the internet.
2) Then copy the update file to the server using USB memory stick, and
putting the update file in a specific directory on the server.
3) The servers antivirus program picks up the update definition file
and does the upgrade.

So, can this be done?

Any advice appreciated.

Rgards



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