
McAfee Total Protection Service Product Guide
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Overview of update methods
Five minutes after a client computer connects to the network, and at regular intervals
throughout the day, the Total Protection Service client software checks for updates. If updates
are available, the client computer retrieves them.
In addition, users can check for updates manually at any time by clicking the Total Protection
Service icon in the system tray, then selecting
Update Now
.
Updates can occur in three ways. You can implement one method or a combination of
methods, which enables you to tune the impact updates have on network resources.
1
For simple updates, each client computer on your account has a direct connection to the
Internet and checks for new updates.
2
Rumor technology enables all computers in a workgroup to share downloaded files, which
controls Internet traffic and minimizes expensive downloads.
3
Internet Independent Updating (IIU) enables any computer on the network to get
information from the update site, even if that computer does not have an Internet
connection, by communicating with the update site through a network computer that is
configured as a relay server.
Introducing Total Protection Service
Updates to the client software
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