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Access Virus TI Firmware

Access Virus TI Firmware

Download the "Virus TI Installer 5.1.7.00 for macOS" from Virus.info. The file should save as "Virus TI Software Suite 5.1.7.00.pkg". Rename the file as "virus.pkg".

Open a terminal and run the following command to copy the firmware binary to your local path:

$ pkgutil --expand-full virus.pkg virus_pkg

$ ls "virus_pkg/Core_components.pkg/Payload/Library/Application Support/Access Music/Virus TI/Common"
Virus Control.bundle	firmware.bin

$ cp "virus_pkg/Core_components.pkg/Payload/Library/Application Support/Access Music/Virus TI/Common/firmware.bin" virus-ti-firmware.bin
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emaphp commented Sep 29, 2025

also replicable in Debian/Ubuntu

# install bsdtar
sudo apt install -y libarchive-tools

# extract pkg
mkdir virus_pkg && mv virus.pkg virus_pkg/
cd virus_pkg
bsdtar -xvf virus.pkg

# extract Payload
cd Core_components.pkg
bsdtar -xvf Payload

# get firmware
cp Library/Application\ Support/Access\ Music/Virus\ TI/Common/firmware.bin virus-ti-firmware.bin

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