CHAPTER 6. UPDATING THE
ANTI-VIRUS DATABASE
Users of Kaspersky Lab's products can update the anti-virus database used by
their Kaspersky Anti-Virus to detect malware and to disinfect infected objects.
As new viruses are created daily, it is extremely important that you maintain your
anti-virus database up-to-date. We recommend that you update your anti-virus
database immediately after your application is installed because the bases
included into the distribution kit will be out-of-date by the moment when you
install your application.
The application copies anti-virus database updates via internet from the
Kaspersky Lab's update servers or from a network updates folder. The use of the
particular resource depends on the settings.
Updates are downloaded either according to the schedule or manually. In order
to download updates from the internet, your computer must have an internet
connection. Kaspersky Anti-Virus downloads updates from the dedicated update
servers and then installs the required file on your computer.
Information about the anti-virus database version used by the application and
about the results of the last update is accessible via the
Anti-virus updates
link in
the
General
tab of the
Anti-virus Updates
window. The following information is
provided:
•
date on which the anti-virus database was created on the Kaspersky Lab's
HTTP and FTP servers;
•
number of records in the anti-virus database;
•
results of downloading of the current version of the anti-virus database
from the updates source.
In order to update the Kaspersky Anti-virus database
1. In the main application window select the
Microsoft Exchange
Servers
node in the console tree, open it, select the node
corresponding to the server you need and follow the
Anti-virus
updates
link in the results pane.
2. Specify the source of updates in General tab of the
Anti-virus
updates
window (see Figure 24) that will open. You can select
update from the internet or from the network folder (details see para
6.1, page 62 and para 6.2, page 64).
