This code was written for the use on network with an undersized internetconnection to redistribute antivirussignature-updates locally. Probably buggy ;-) but it's just my 4th script....
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Net::FTP; use Config::IniFiles; use File::Temp qw/ :POSIX /; my $host = "ftp.nai.com"; my $user = "anonymous"; my $pass = '-anonymous@'; my $remote_dir = "/virusdefs/4.x/"; my $destination_dir = '/data/AntiVir'; print "Connecting to McAfee\n"; my $ftp=Net::FTP->new($host); print "Logging in\n"; $ftp->login($user, $pass); $ftp->cwd($remote_dir); $ftp->ascii(); print "getting update information\n"; $fh = tmpnam(); $ftp->get("update.ini", $fh); print "reading update information\n"; $updateini = Config::IniFiles->new( -file => $fh); if ($updateini->SectionExists("SuperDat-IA32")) { $superdat=$updateini->val("SuperDat-IA32", "FileName"); } if ($updateini->SectionExists("ZIP")) { $dat=$updateini->val("ZIP", "FileName"); } if ($updateini->SectionExists("Incremental")) { $updateini->DeleteSection("Incremental"); } if ($updateini->SectionExists("Engine-LINUX")) { $updateini->DeleteSection("Engine-LINUX"); } if ($updateini->SectionExists("Engine-NETWARE")) { $updateini->DeleteSection("Engine-NETWARE"); } $updateini->WriteConfig("$destination_dir/update.ini"); unlink($fh); $ftp->binary(); if (! (-e $destination_dir."/".$superdat)) { print "downloading $superdat\n"; $ftp->get("$superdat", $destination_dir."/".$superdat); } else { print "superdat is the newest version\n"; } if (! (-e $destination_dir."/".$dat)) { print "downloading $dat\n"; $ftp->get("$dat", $destination_dir."/".$dat); } else { print "dat is the newest version\n"; } print "completed\n"; $ftp->quit;

In reply to Automatic McAfee AV Signatures Update by Spida

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