Re: McAfee update: File SK_det.mcs is corrupt

From: Cautious Nerd (Cautious_at_Nerd.com)
Date: 03/31/05

  • Next message: David H. Lipman: "Re: McAfee update: File SK_det.mcs is corrupt" 
    Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:38:19 -0500

    "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
    > I suggest posting this query on the McAfee support board.
    > http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php

    Peacekeeper wrote:
    > I will ask to save you the trouble of posting it
    > To date in many years using mcafee havent seen this error.
    > can you confirm what dat filr you were downloading and what version of
    > mcafee virusscan?

    Cautious Nerd wrote:
    > McAfee info is VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.0,
    > Virus Definitions: 4456; Scan Engine: 4.4.00.
    > Platform: Win2K/SP4..

    The problem happened again. I found the log file for updating
    virus definitions. Here is the content:

      3/30/2005 10:06:18pm HOST\user Starting VirusScan task: AutoUpdate
      3/30/2005 10:06:20pm HOST\user Checking update packages from repository NAIHttp.
      3/30/2005 10:06:29pm HOST\user Initializing update ...
      3/30/2005 10:06:29pm HOST\user Downloading catalog.z.
      3/30/2005 10:06:30pm HOST\user Verifying catalog.z.
      3/30/2005 10:06:30pm HOST\user Extracting catalog.z.
      3/30/2005 10:06:31pm HOST\user Loading update configuration from: Catalog.xml
      3/30/2005 10:06:32pm HOST\user Searching available updates for Engine.
      3/30/2005 10:06:34pm HOST\user Product(s) running latest Engine.
      3/30/2005 10:06:39pm HOST\user File SK_det.mcs is corrupt. Downloading complete file again.
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      3/30/2005 10:06:44pm HOST\user Searching available updates for DATs.
      3/30/2005 10:06:45pm HOST\user Downloading PkgCatalog.z.
      3/30/2005 10:06:46pm HOST\user Verifying PkgCatalog.z.
      3/30/2005 10:06:46pm HOST\user Extracting PkgCatalog.z.
      3/30/2005 10:06:46pm HOST\user Loading update configuration from: PkgCatalog.xml
      3/30/2005 10:06:56pm HOST\user Starting DAT update.
      3/30/2005 10:06:56pm HOST\user Pre-notifying for DAT update.
      3/30/2005 10:06:59pm HOST\user Downloading DAT.
      3/30/2005 10:06:59pm HOST\user Downloading delta.ini.
      3/30/2005 10:07:00pm HOST\user Downloading 44564457.upd.
      3/30/2005 10:07:35pm HOST\user Downloading 44574458.upd.
      3/30/2005 10:08:30pm HOST\user Backing up file(s) SCAN.DAT, NAMES.DAT, CLEAN.DAT
      3/30/2005 10:08:31pm HOST\user Copying SCAN.DAT, NAMES.DAT, CLEAN.DAT.
      3/30/2005 10:08:33pm HOST\user Post-notifying for DAT update.
      3/30/2005 10:08:41pm HOST\user Update succeeded to version 4.0.4458.
      3/30/2005 10:08:45pm HOST\user Update Finished
      3/30/2005 10:09:16pm HOST\user Closing update session.

    I couldn't find a posting from you at the McAfee forums about this.
    I started a new thread.

    C. Nerd

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