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    C2642M (4/08) Digital Video Recorder DX8100 DX8100 DX8100 Series McAfee ® V irusScan ® Plus with SiteAdvisor ™ Installation Instructions[...]

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    2 C2642M (4/08) Description Pelco, Inc. ha s developed and tested a plan for impl ementing McAfe e ® VirusScan ® Plus with SiteAdvisor ™ 2007. VirusScan Plus provides an additional degree of pr otection ag ainst viruse s and can be ins ta lled, configured, and activated on your DX81 00 digital video re corder (DVR). T o ensure correct and effec[...]

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    C2642M (4/08 ) 3 Configuring Once you have installed VirusS can Plus, the automat ic update feature must be disabled. T o disable th e VirusScan Plus automatic update feature: 1. Exit the DX8100 applicatio n and return to the Windows environm ent. a. From the DX81 00 menu bar , choose File > Exit. The “Shut down” d ialog box ap pears. b. Cli[...]

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    4 C2642M (4/08) 3. Click the Ad vanced Menu button (refer to F igure 2). Th e Advanced menu appears. Figure 3. Advanced Menu 4. Click the Configure butt on (refer to Figure 3). The SecurityCenter Configuration page appears. Figure 4. SecurityCenter Configuration[...]

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    C2642M (4/08 ) 5 5. In the “Automatic up dates are ena bled” area, cl ick Off to di sable the au tomatic upda te feature ( refer to Figu re 4). The Mc Afee SecurityCenter message dialo g box appears. Figure 5. Disabling Automatic Updates 6. Click Y es (refer to Fig ure 5). The “Au tomatic upda tes are disabl ed” message appe ars. Figure 6. [...]

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    6 C2642M (4/08) Uninstalling Y ou can eas ily uninstall VirusScan Pl us using the utility program. NOTE: The DX8100 mus t be restarted if the VirusScan Plus s oftware is uninst alled. T o uninstall VirusScan Plus: 1. From the Windows environm ent, do the following: a. Go to Start > Sett ings > Control Panel. The Control Panel dialog box appea[...]

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    C2642M (4/08 ) 7 4. Do one of the following: • T o return to the Security Center home pa ge and per form another task, click the Basic Me nu button located in the lower- left column of the SecurityCent er Configuration p age (refer to Figure 4). The Se curityCenter home page app ears. • To close the S ecurityCenter application: (1) Click the Ba[...]

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    W orldwid e Headquarters 3500 Pelco W ay Clovis, California 93612 USA USA & Canada T el: 800/289-9100 Fax: 800/289-9150 International T el: 1-559/292-1981 Fax: 1-559/348-1120 www .pelco.c om ISO 9001 Australia | Finland | France | Germany | Italy | Macau | The Netherlands | Russia | Singapore South Africa | Spain | Sweden | United Arab Emirates[...]