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Free Download Manager, besides can download single file, it can also download multiple files in one download action. It means you don't have to download those multiple files one by one. Here I give example on how download NOD32 antivirus update from an online directory.
Make sure you've installed Free Download Manager
Go to the directory contain multiple files you want to download.
Right click anywhere on the screen and click Download All with Free Download Manager
'Add list of downloads' box will appear and remove the file you don't need. In this case we will download only files with extension *.nup and *.ver and remove the rest.
For doing manual/offline update, first you must have the update files. You can download it from any server over internet. Here are steps I'm used to do:
Start Google and search for phrase 'nod_upd' or click here
Select one from the search result with 'Index of /nod_upd' on the title. Pay attention to the url or you may be back to this page.
Download anything from the directory with extension *.nup and *.ver. You can use Free Download Manager to download multiple files.
Save the downloaded files to usb flashdisk or cd.
Until now, you already have the update files then save them to the computer you want to update.
Make a folder named 'nod_upd' (without apostrophes) in one of your harddrive.
Copy all updates file you downloaded before to the folder.
Select server location from Setup of Automatic Update box in NOD32 Control center. Point to where are your update files located.
Try to run update by clicking Update now.
For NOD32 Antivirus version 3 (pictures below), there are little differences to configure manual/offline update.
Make a folder named 'nod_upd' in one of your hard drive.
Copy all updates file you downloaded before to the folder.
Open NOD32 Antivirus main program and press F5 to open Setup.
Go to Update below Antivirus and Antispyware section.
On Update server click Edit…
Define the ‘nod_upd’ folder address in your hard drive (For example: D:\nod_upd), click Add and OK. Click OK again.
Run update from Update section by clicking Run virus signature database.
Before running automatic update, you have to decide which server you want to update from.
Open control center, point to update - update.
Click setup on the pop-up window beside control center.
On the location section, select server name you want to use for update.
Click Ok and Run update.
Besides that, you may also add your own server by:
Click Servers… on Setup of Automatic Update box.
Click Add…, enter the server address then Ok.
Select your server in the server location then Ok.
Try to run update by clicking Update now.
Note: You can find NOD32 server location address, try googling by keyword "nod_upd" or you can click here. Read other post about how to manually update NOD32 antivirus. To check whether the server you choose is free or not, you'll prompted to input user ID and password every time updating from a not free server.
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