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Installing the Symantec AntiVirus Engine
You can install the Symantec AV Engine version 4.3 on Windows, Linux, and Sun Solaris operating systems. Currently, you cannot install the Symantec AV Engine on Mac OS X. Regardless of the platform upon which you install your scan engine, it cannot communicate with Internet Services running on a Mac OS X machine.
 Note You can download the Symantec AV Engine implementation guide in PDF format, which includes full installation instructions, at ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/symantec_antivirus/scan_engine/4.3/manuals/scaneng_imp_guide.pdf
System requirements for installing the Symantec AV Engine
• Pentium III 500 MHz or higher
• 256 MB RAM or higher
• 25 MB hard disk space
• 1 network interface card (NIC) running TCP/IP with a static IP address
• Internet connection for LiveUpdate of virus definitions.
• Sun Ultra 10 or higher
• SPARC 400 MHz or higher
• 256 MB RAM or higher
• 35 MB hard disk space
• 1 network interface card (NIC) running TCP/IP with a static IP address
• Internet connection for LiveUpdate of virus definitions.
• Pentium III 500 MHz or higher
• 256 MB RAM or higher
• 25 MB hard disk space
• 1 network interface card (NIC) running TCP/IP with a static IP address
• Internet connection for LiveUpdate of virus definitions.
• on any computer that can access the Scan Engine server:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1) or later
• Netscape Navigator 7.01 or later with a Java 2 runtime (version 1.4 or later) installed for Web-based administration
Installing on Windows
1 Log in as administrator (or a user with administrator access) to the computer on which you plan to install the Scan Engine.
2 Copy the ScanEngine.exe file from the CD onto the computer.
3 Run the ScanEngine.exe file.
4 Accept the license agreement.
5 Select the location to install the software.
6 Select the ICAP protocol.
7 Follow the remaining prompts to complete the installation.
Installing on Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux
Note You may need to install additional packages from Red Hat.
1 Log in as root to the computer on which you plan to install the Scan Engine.
2 Copy the file ScanEngine.sh from the CD to a temporary directory.
3 Open the temporary directory from step 2.
You need to be in the correct directory before running the ScanEngine.sh installer.
4 Type "sh ./ScanEngine.sh" (no quotes) and press Enter.
5 Accept the license agreement.
6 Accept the defaults for creating the "avdefs" group, and the location to install files.
7 Select the ICAP protocol.
8 Accept the default port value 1344.
9 Follow the remaining prompts to complete the installation.
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