Unzipping antivirus executable file

Question

hello,

my computer has just upgraded operating system to Windows 10. To allow Windows 10 installation it asked me to delete my McAffee antivirus programme - virusScan Enterprise 8.8. I wanted to reinstall this but every time I try to run the exe file - which needs to be extracted with winZip it tells me access is denied on a popular Windows labelled WinZip self-extractor. 

i have tried changing security settings, on properties as reading around this seems to be a common reason for this to happen, however no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Answer 1

Can you copy the files to a different folder? Also check the file properties to see if it needs to be unblocked.

Answer 2

tried to run the exe from the temp folder where my extracted files are, but it tells me that windows cannot access the file and that I may not have the appropriate permissions - even though on properties I have full control. any ideas? thanks!

Answer 3

I have checked and yes it does extract the zipped exe file and I can find the extracted files in the Appdata/local/temp folder that it creates, but i cannot do anything with them. I have tried launching the extracted exe file from the temp folder but I get a message saying I don't have permission to access the file, though if I look at its properties I have full control - any other suggestion? thanks!

Answer 4

Create a folder C:\Temp, run the self extractor and extract the files into that directory. Then run setup.exe from c:\temp.

Answer 5

Windows has it's own extraction capability. You should be able to double click on the zip file and Windows will extract it for you.