Local Installation of Dr.Web Agent

Local installation of Dr.Web Agent is performed directly on the user’s computer or mobile device. May be performed either by administrator of by user.

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You must update the Dr.Web Server repository before the first installation of the Agent (see Administrator Manual, p. Manual Update of Dr.Web Server Repository, p. Checking for Updates).

Stations under Android OS, Linux OS, macOS

For local installation of Dr.Web Agent on stations under Android OS, Linux OS, macOS the following means are available:

Personal installation package created in the Control Center.

Group installation package created in the Control Center.

Installer of Dr.Web Agent.

When you choose the type of installing package, please note the following features:

a)When the personal installation package is created, Dr.Web Agent installer is provided for installation, and parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and for authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server are provided in the configuration file.

b)When installing Dr.Web Agent via the installer, parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and for authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server are not provided.

Stations under Windows OS

For local installation of Dr.Web Agent on stations under Windows OS, the following means are available:

Personal installation package created in the Control Center drweb_ess_<OS>_<station>.exe.

Group installation package created in the Control Center drweb_ess_<OS>_<group>.exe.

Full installer of Dr.Web Agent drweb-<agent_version>-<build>-esuite-agent-full-windows.exe.

Network installer of Dr.Web Agent drwinst.exe.

When you choose the type of installing package, please note the following features:

a)For installation via the personal installation package, parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and for authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server are included into the personal installation package. Installation via the personal installation package is performed on base of the network installer from which Dr.Web Agent only is installed. After connecting to Dr.Web Server, Dr.Web Agent downloads and installs the anti-virus package components.

b)For installation via the group installation package, parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and also the identifier and the password of the user group into which the station will be included after the Dr.Web Agent installation, are included into the installation package. But parameters for the authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server and anti-virus components are not included into the group installation package composition. After Dr.Web Agent is installed, Dr.Web Agent connects to Dr.Web Server, during that, it is determined whether free stations are available in the user group, the group installation package of which has been used. If free stations are available, parameters for the authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server are granted automatically.

c)Network installer performs the installation of Dr.Web Agent only. After connecting to Dr.Web Server, Dr.Web Agent downloads and installs necessary anti-virus package components. At this, parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and for authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server are not provided.

d)For installation via the full installer, Dr.Web Agent and anti-virus package are installed at a time. At this, parameters for connecting to Dr.Web Server and for authorization of the station at Dr.Web Server are not provided.

Comparative characteristics of installation files

Installation file

Dr.Web Agent installation

Anti-virus package installation

Dr.Web Server connection parameters

Dr.Web Server authorization parameters

Installation package

Personal

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Group

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Installer

Network

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Full

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To obtain installation packages and installers for operating systems other that Windows OS, as well as the full installer for Windows, download the corresponding Dr.Web enterprise products from the GUS servers to the repository after installing Dr.Web Server.

You can find the detailed information on how to handle the Dr.Web Server repository in the Administrator Manual, the Administration of Dr.Web Server Repository section.

 

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You can also launch all types of the Dr.Web Agent installation files from the command line using the switches given in the Appendices document, p. G1. Network Installer.