Chapter 5. Application Management Using The Local Interface; Updating The Anti-Virus Database And Application Modules - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.0 - FOR WINDOWS WORKSTATIONS Administrator's Manual

CHAPTER 5. APPLICATION
MANAGEMENT USING THE
LOCAL INTERFACE
This chapter contains detailed information about operation and settings of the
major tasks of Kaspersky Anti-Virus and additional features of the program
control using the local interface.
5.1. Updating the anti-virus
database and application
modules
Kaspersky Anti-Virus provides a possibility to automate the updates of both the
anti-virus database, which contains descriptions of viruses and methods to be
used for their disinfection, and of the application modules, using the Kaspersky
Lab update servers.
Updates of the anti-virus database are a prerequisite of anti-virus
protection for your computer. Many new viruses appear daily and the
Kaspersky Lab experts enter daily information about these viruses into
the anti-virus database. We recommend that you update your anti-virus
database at least once every three hours and during the periods of virus
outbreaks – as frequently as possible, ideally – on an hourly basis.
When downloading updates, Kaspersky Anti-Virus connects to Kaspersky Lab's
http or ftp updates server specified by the user or to a local or a network folder
on your computer. If you use Kaspersky Administration Kit to manage the
application, the updates can be performed from the updates folder located on the
Administration server.
You can launch the updater manually or schedule its start. In order to accomplish
download of updated versions for the anti-virus databases on time, we
recommend setting up a schedule for automatic launch of the updater (details on
configuring the schedule see section 5.8 on page 96).