Updating the databases and application modules of Kaspersky Endpoint Security ensures up-to-date protection on your computer. New viruses and other types of malware appear worldwide on a daily basis. Kaspersky Endpoint Security databases contain information about threats and ways of neutralizing them. To detect threats quickly, you are urged to regularly update the databases and application modules.
Regular updates require a license in effect. If there is no current license, you will be able to perform an update only once.
The main update source for Kaspersky Endpoint Security is Kaspersky Lab update servers.
Your computer must be connected to the Internet to successfully download the update package from Kaspersky Lab update servers. By default, the Internet connection settings are determined automatically. If you use a proxy server, you need to adjust the connection settings.
While performing an update, the following objects are downloaded and installed on your computer:
Kaspersky Endpoint Security continues to use the previously installed database version if the database update download is interrupted or ends with an error.
By default, the application logs the Databases are out of date event (AVBasesAreOutOfDate) if the last installed database updates were published on the Kaspersky Lab server more than a day, but less than seven days ago. If the databases have not been updated for seven days, Kaspersky Endpoint Security logs the event Databases are obsolete (AVBasesAreTotallyOutOfDate). The database is actual if it was downloaded less that 24 hours ago.
The application update can be installed regardless the state of the application (started or stopped, managed by a Kaspersky Security Center policy) and update scheduling.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security continues protecting your computer during the application update procedure.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security migrates the application settings and even log automatically. The settings form the previous application version are exportedon the start of the updated version.
In case Kaspersky Endpoint Security functions incorrectly after the application update installation, the application is automatically rolled back to the previous version. A message about the application update rollback is displayed. We recommend contacting Kaspersky Lab Technical Support.
While updating, the application and databases on your computer are compared against the up-to-date version at the update source. If your current databases and application modules differ from their respective up-to-date versions, the missing portion of the updates is installed on your computer.
If the databases are obsolete, the update package may be large, which may cause additional Internet traffic (up to several dozen MB).
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