Chapter 5. Using Kaspersky Anti-Virus; Updating The Anti-Virus Database - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.5 - FOR LINUX-FREEBSD WORKSTATION AND FILE SERVER Administrator's Manual

CHAPTER 5. USING KASPERSKY
ANTI-VIRUS
Using Kaspersky Anti-Virus you can arrange the anti-virus protection system of
your computer: from an individual file to the entire file system.
The functionality of the application is comprised of tasks that the administrator
can perform using the application. All tasks implemented using Kaspersky Anti-
Virus can be divided into the following groups:
•
Updating of the anti-virus database used for detecting viruses and
disinfecting infected objects (details see section 5.1 on page 26).
•
Anti-virus protection of the computer's file systems (scheduled and/or on-
demand scan) (details see section 5.2 on page 32).
•
Real-time anti-virus protection (protection in the real-time mode (details
see section 5.3 on page 38).
This chapter contains description of typical tasks that are implemented during the
use of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Within the context of a specific company's network
the administrator may combine these tasks and make them more complex.
5.1. Updating the anti-virus
database
Updating of the anti-virus database performed by the keepup2date component of
the application is an integral factor of the full-fledged anti-virus protection. The
source used for updating the anti-virus database used Kaspersky Anti-Virus
when it searches for and disinfects infected objects are the Kaspersky Lab's
updates servers. The list of such servers includes:
http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/
http://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/
ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/, etc.
The list of URL's from which you can download the updates is contained in the
updcfg.xml file included into the application's distribution kit.
During the update process the keepup2date component selects the address from
this list and attempts to download the anti-virus database from the server. If the