Download the defs then copy to USB drive

Solution
How to run the Norton Security Scan using Rapid Release virus defs.

1. On a machine with network connection, follow Step 1. and 2. and extract the files to C:\VirusScan\NSS
2. Download the current Rapid Release virus definitions, to C:\ from this location:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/rapidrelease.download.html

3. In the C:\VirusScan\NSS folder, create a folder called “VirusDef”
4. Open a command prompt
Start> Run > Type “cmd” and hit Enter.
5. Type the following:

- For the legacy Rapid Release update (symrapidreleasedefsx86.exe)
c:\ <rapidrelease file name> /extract "c:\VirusScan\NSS\VirusDef"

- For the SEP Rapid Release update (symrapidreleasedefsv5i32.exe)
c:\ <rapidrelease file name> /extract VIRSCAN.zip "c:\VirusScan\NSS\VirusDef"

6. Copy the entire VirusScan folder to a thumb drive.
7. Now you can start NSS.exe from the thumb drive. It may complain about definition might not be the latest, but you can skip that message.

Or

How to run the Norton

How to run the Norton Security Scan on a machine with limited or no internet connectivity.

1. On a machine with network connection, follow Step 1. and 2. and extract the files to C:\VirusScan\NSS and launch NSS.exe.
The Virus definitions will download to the local machine here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\SymcData\virusdefs-2.5-e\<date.rev>).
2. In the C:\VirusScan\NSS folder, create a folder called “VirusDef” (example C:\VirusScan\NSS\VirusDef)
3. Copy all the virus definition folder content from \<date.rev> folder (example:20080725.003) into the VirusDef folder
4. Copy the entire VirusScan folder to a thumb drive.
5. Now you can start NSS.exe from the thumb drive. It may complain about definition might not be the latest, but you can skip that message.

Cheers,
Thomas