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To start the Updater from the shortcut menu:
1. Right click the application icon in the taskbar notification area to open
the shortcut menu.
2. Select
Update
.
To start the Updater from the main program window:
1. Open application main window and select the
Update
component.
2. Click Update databases link.
Update information will be displayed in the main window. To details on the up-
date process, click Details. This will display a detailed update task report. The
report window may be closed. To do so, click
Close
. The update will continue.
Note that updates are distributed to the local source during the update process,
provided that this service is enabled
(see 13.3.3 on pg. 152).
13.2.
Rolling back to the previous
update
Every time you begin updating, Kaspersky Anti-Virus first creates a backup copy
of the current databases and program modules and after this starts downloading
updates. This way you can return to using the previous version of databases if an
update fails.
To rollback to the previous database of known threats:
1. Open application main window and select the
Update
component.
2. Click Rollback to the previous databases.
13.3.
Configuring update settings
The Updater settings specify the following parameters:
The source from which the updates are downloaded and installed
(see 13.3.1 on pg. 148)
The run mode for the updating procedure and the specific elements up-
dated (see 13.3.2 on pg. 150)
How frequently will the update run if scheduled (see 6.7 on pg. 61)