Tips Update Antivirus : Kasperky

If by some reasons you cannot run automatic database update from the internet then the user/ administrator can use anti-virus database released in ZIP-archives.

Archives with anti-virus database are regularly laid out on the Kaspersky Lab's official sites in the zips folder.

What archives reside in the folder zips?

This folder contains sets of anti-virus databases formed by Kaspersky Lab.

• Sets of anti-virus databases
• av-i386-daily.zip -has all updates of anti-virus databases released since last Sunday till the present moment. As Kaspersky Lab release updates every hour the archive is updated every hour too.

• av-i386-weekly.zip - has all updates of anti-virus databases that were released last week (from Sunday till Sunday). The archive is updated on the servers once a week on Sunday.

• av-i386-cumul.zip - has a full set of anti-virus databases . The archive contains all anti-virus databases released till the last Sunday. It is updated once a week on Sunday.
• Sets of anti-virus databases and databases of network attacks. Unlike previous sets of databases these sets include databases of network attacks
• av-i386&ids-daily.zip – has a full set of databases of network attacks and all updates of anti-virus databases released from the previous Sunday till the present moment. This archive is updated each hour as all anti-virus database updates of Kaspersky Lab.

• >av-i386&ids-weekly.zip – has a full set of databases of network attacks and all updates of anti-virus databases released last week (from Sunday till Sunday). This archive is laid out on the servers once a week each Sunday.

• av-i386&ids-cumul.zip – has a full set of anti-virus databases and databases of network attacks. This archive contains all databases released up to the previous Sunday. It is updated once a week each Sunday.

How to configure the product to update from a local folder?

Once you have downloaded and unpacked the archives, configure the product to update from these folders:

• Open the main application window
• Click the Settings button
• In the left part of the Settings window select Update
• In the right part of the Settings window in the Update settings section click Configure
• Go to the Update source tab
• Click Add
• Specify the update folder
• Click OK
• Clear the boxes Kaspersky Lab’s update servers on the Update source tab
• Click OK
• Run the update process
• Perform the same actions for another folder (if necessary)