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Step 1 - Create a temporary scan folder on the root drive and assign a Read-Only attribute: 1.

Create a folder named SCAN on the root of the system drive (typically C:\). 2. Assign a Read-Only attribute on the SCAN folder. Right-click the C:\SCAN folder and select Properties. 3. Select Read-only and click OK. NOTE: McAfee recommends deleting all temporary files from your system prior to running any scan. This includes files in the temp folder, temporary Internet files as well as Internet usage history and cookies. Step 2 - Download the latest sdat####/exe (where #### is the version number) to the SCAN folder: 1. Start your web browser and access the McAfee Security Updates page: http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/superdat.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise 2. 3. 4. 5. Click the SuperDATs tab. Click sdat####.exe (Windows) to download the file. Example: sdat5371.exe. Click Save. Browse to the C:\SCAN folder and click Save.

Step 3 - Extract the SuperDAT files in the C:\SCAN folder: 1. Click Start, Run, type: CMD then click OK to open a command prompt. 2. Type cd c:\scan and press ENTER. 3. Type SDAT####.EXE /e NOTE: Where ##### is the version of the current SuperDAT file).

C:\scan>scan.exe /clean/all/adl/winmem/program/unzip/report C:\scan\scan.txt /rpterr

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