Automatically Updating The Anti-Virus Database - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.5 - FOR LINUX-FREEBSD WORKSTATION AND FILE SERVER Administrator's Manual

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remaining part of the anti-virus database rather than starting a new
download;
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checking the integrity of the downloaded database;
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the analysis of the completeness of the anti-virus database and
downloading only those elements of the database that have been
modified or newly added. This ability also contributes to the savings of the
network traffic;
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the ability to start an anti-virus database reload command specified by
the user immediately after a successful update;
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the ability to roll back to the previous version of the anti-virus database;
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the wget application is not required now for the operation of the new
component;
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the ability to select the type of the anti-virus database to download
(standard or extended database set).
Standard database – anti-virus database that contains detailed description of all
viruses existing at the moment and methods used for their detection and
disinfection. This type of anti-virus database is used by default.
Extended database – anti-virus database that, in addition to information about
viruses, contains information RiskWare and AdWare.
RiskWare programs contain vulnerabilities that may be used for hackers' attacks,
installation of unauthorized software, etc.
AdWare programs are installed together with some other software and then dis-
play advertising messages, open pop-up windows containing advertisements or
force the user to visit the advertiser's website. Apart from enforced advertising,
such programs considerably load the communication channels and increase the
traffic.
For regular operation mode it is sufficient to select standard anti-virus database.
Extended anti-virus database is used to ensure a higher information protection
level. The use of more complete sets of anti-virus database increases the
consumption of resources during the scan.
5.1.2. Automatically updating the anti-
virus database
You can schedule regular automatic updates of the anti-virus database by
modifying the configuration file.
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