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5.2 Updating AntiVir MailGate Manually
You can update AntiVir manually at any time.
It is recommended to run AntiVir as
root
while updating.
Advantage: any running processes of AntiVir daemons (such as AntiVir Guard,
SAVAPI, MailGate) are automatically updated with the current antivirus files
without interrupting the running scan processes. It is thus ensured that all files are
scanned.
If AntiVir does not run as
root
during updating, it does not have the necessary
rights to restart AntiVir daemons. The restart has to be made manually, as root .
If you want to update AntiVir:
X
type:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/antivir --update
If you just want to check for a new AntiVir version without updating AntiVir:
X
type:
/usr/lib/AntiVir/antivir --update --check