What is sevinst.exe ?

[Tobius]

TO update the Symevent files, one firend has given me sevinst.exe . I need more info about it before using it. Is it risk free?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Mac rumor]

Sevinst.exe describes itself as follows. So you can trust it.

Product Name Symantec Core Technology
Product Version SevInst.exe:12.6.0.27<br />
SymEvnt.386:12.6.0.27<br />
S32Evnt1.dll:12.6.0.27<br />
SymEvent.sys:12.6.0.25
File Version 12.6.0.27
Copyright Copyright (C) Symantec Corporation 1992-2007
Internal Name SEVINST
Original Name SEVINST.EXE
Description Symantec Symevent Installer

[Nebersek]

To update the Symevent files on Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT (Including Server versions)

1. Download Sevinst.exe from the Symantec FTP site. Save the file to a folder on the hard drive (for example, C:\Windows\Temp).
2. Open a command prompt, and change to the folder where you downloaded the Sevinst.exe file.
3. Depending on the program version, do one of the following:
   
   • On computers that run Symantec AntiVirus 9.x or later, type the following command:
     
     sevinst.exe SAVCE
     
   • On computers that run Symantec AntiVirus 8.x or earlier, type the following command:
     
     sevinst.exe NAVNT
     
   
   
4. Restart the computer.

Note: Sevinst.exe does not run on 64-bit versions of Windows 2003 Server or 64-bit versions of Windows XP.

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