KAV Rescue Disk Updater

[Xander]

I couldn't believe this hadn't been posted a year ago. I've been using this for at least that long.


http://agnipulse.com/2009/12/kaspersky-rescue-disk-updater/

This lets you (separately) download the main ISO once, drop it in that folder, and thereafter, download updates and recompile the ISO afresh.

I have this set up as a scheduled task to run a half hour before my day starts on Monday mornings. If you set it up as a scheduled task, make sure you fill in the "Start In" (folder) as it won't work otherwise.

I have this added to the end of the diskupdt.bat file.

:end

Echo on
REM Copy to my NAS
copy c:\kav\rescue*.iso n:\_iso\virus\ /y
echo off
pause

REM Pause before copying it to my Zalman in case it's not plugged in.
copy c:\kav\rescue*.iso i:\_iso\virus\ /y
REM You can automate getting this window ready but can't start the actual burn or for a verification.
REM This works in Win8.  If you're running another OS, you'll need to set up a different program for this.
isoburn e: "C:\KAV\rescue.iso"
exit

When I sit down at my desk, it's waiting for me to confirm my Zalman is plugged in and then it will copy the ISOs over and burn a CD (other reason to Pause is to ensure there's a disc in there)

 

[NYJimbo]

I've just been download a whole fresh ISO each week, burning it and putting it on a USB and then when doing a scan on a PC doing the latest update there.

The thing about the ISO is they are constantly improving the whole package and I don't know if the updating process does any of that, I think it just updates the databases.

 

[SilverLeaf]

I've just been download a whole fresh ISO each week, burning it and putting it on a USB and then when doing a scan on a PC doing the latest update there.

The thing about the ISO is they are constantly improving the whole package and I don't know if the updating process does any of that, I think it just updates the databases.

I've taken to burning new ISO's more frequently as well. Honestly, there have been times where it would have been quicker to download and burn a new ISO, rather than wait for the KAV definitions to update from within the live environment. I hate it when I use an old copy by mistake.

 

[Xander]

The thing about the ISO is they are constantly improving the whole package...

Are they?

They're incorporating the DB updates but I don't think the engine itself has changed for a while, else it'd be 10.1 or 11.

 

[Larry Sabo]

I couldn't believe this hadn't been posted a year ago. I've been using this for at least that long.

http://agnipulse.com/2009/12/kaspersky-rescue-disk-updater/

Not a year ago, March this year.

Just ordered a new VE-300 after my VE-200 died this past month. Man, do I miss it.

 

[Xander]

Searched but nothing from agnipulse or kav updater was coming up, even through Google.
*I've* been using it for a year, though.

 

[NYJimbo]

Are they?

They're incorporating the DB updates but I don't think the engine itself has changed for a while, else it'd be 10.1 or 11.

No, don't believe that date. I have the latest and the desktop is very different from even a few months ago. The internet setup is different and it now works on machines that couldn't do graphics before. I think they are changing core parts of it.

 

[Xander]

I do download a full, fresh ISO every month or two but those changes (while good) don't necessarily mean that the scanning engine is any different. Those sound more like changes to the Linux shell.

 

[NYJimbo]

I do download a full, fresh ISO every month or two but those changes (while good) don't necessarily mean that the scanning engine is any different. Those sound more like changes to the Linux shell.

Well, I want to take advantage of the whole package. The fact it doesn't work well on some machines one month and then works well next month makes it easier for me.

Just saying that I do a full d/l weekly and then let the individual systems scanned do the at the moment final update.

 

[HFultzjr]

I couldn't believe this hadn't been posted a year ago. I've been using this for at least that long.


http://agnipulse.com/2009/12/kaspersky-rescue-disk-updater/

This lets you (separately) download the main ISO once, drop it in that folder, and thereafter, download updates and recompile the ISO afresh.

I have this set up as a scheduled task to run a half hour before my day starts on Monday mornings. If you set it up as a scheduled task, make sure you fill in the "Start In" (folder) as it won't work otherwise.

I have this added to the end of the diskupdt.bat file.

:end

Echo on
REM Copy to my NAS
copy c:\kav\rescue*.iso n:\_iso\virus\ /y
echo off
pause

REM Pause before copying it to my Zalman in case it's not plugged in.
copy c:\kav\rescue*.iso i:\_iso\virus\ /y
REM You can automate getting this window ready but can't start the actual burn or for a verification.
REM This works in Win8.  If you're running another OS, you'll need to set up a different program for this.
isoburn e: "C:\KAV\rescue.iso"
exit

When I sit down at my desk, it's waiting for me to confirm my Zalman is plugged in and then it will copy the ISOs over and burn a CD (other reason to Pause is to ensure there's a disc in there)

Xander,

Have you created (updated) any iso's that when booted "hung" at some point during boot up?

I've been using this for a while also, but occasionally get a "hung" disk. The original iso boots fine, but when updated "hangs" during the boot process.

This has only happened a few times, most of the time it works fine.

These are all CD by the way.

 

[Xander]

None that hung like you're describing. I did have some issues with corrupted definitions when I ran it from my iOdd (Zalman) so I burned the same ISO to a CD and it was fine.

 

[PCX]

Has anyone figured out how to get this to mount on a HDD so that you boot from the HDD, have it update regularly and keep it up to date? I would like to have this on a Linux box with a separate partition for KAV Rescue Disk mounted on the HDD so that I can scan HDDs easily without the CD and without having to re-downloading the ISO or Updates.

 

[uprighttech]

This ISO is part of my Ketarin update process that runs and updates our tools every night. I usually copy to Zalman and burn CDs every couple of weeks. Probably should write a batch like Xander to copy ISOs to the Zalman every morning.

 

[NYJimbo]

Don't forget you can put it on a USB stick. Kaspersky even has their own util to put the ISO on the USB.

http://support.kaspersky.com/8092

Saves on burning cds and most modern computers will boot off it.

 

[Xander]

Thanks, Jimbo. I'll add that into the mix. I've just been hitting some systems lately that have absolutely refused to boot off of USBs so I figure burning a CD Monday morning won't kill me.