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Understanding iDAT
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Understanding incremental .DAT files
To function at peak efficiency, Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus needs regular updates
for its virus definition (.DAT) files. Without them, the software might not
detect new viruses or respond effectively to remove threats from your system.
Prior versions of the AutoUpdate utility required you to download and install
the entire virus definition package each week. That package has grown
steadily in size with each new virus definition addition and now includes
more than 50,000 virus definitions.
With this Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus release, Dr Solomon's Software introduced
a new incremental virus definition (.DAT or iDAT) technology that consists of
small parcels that contain only the virus definitions that have changed
between weekly .DAT file releases—not the entire .DAT file set. You can now
download iDAT files that range in size from 100
how many virus definitions come included. This development means that you
can download .DAT file updates much faster, and at a far lower cost in
bandwidth, than ever before.
Better still, the AutoUpdate utility makes this process completely transparent
—it will download as many incremental .DAT files as it needs to bring your
software up to date. If your .DAT files are older than the backward range of
iDAT packages available, or if an iDAT download fails for any reason, the
utility will download the entire current .DAT file package. In either case, the
AutoUpdate utility ensures that you have absolutely current .DAT files to
protect your system, without the need to worry about which files to download.
Simply point the utility to an update source, schedule a time for the
AutoUpdate task to run, and let the utility do its work.
IMPORTANT: Incremental updates apply only to .DAT files. Dr
Solomon's Software does not provide incremental updates for scan
engine files. To update your engine files, use the SuperDAT utility. The
SuperDAT utility will download and install only full .DAT file updates.
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