Updating installed applications

This section provides information on how you can use Kaspersky Security Cloud to update installed applications.

About Software Updater

If you have not updated applications on your computer for a long time, these applications may contain vulnerabilities. Intruders can exploit such vulnerabilities to harm your computer or data.

Updating installed applications improves the security of your computer. Using Kaspersky Security Cloud, you can search for updates for installed applications and download and install the latest updates.

Kaspersky Security Cloud divides application updates into two types:

• Important - updates that fix vulnerabilities of installed applications and improve the security of your computer.
• Recommended – updates that improve the functionality and/or make changes to the installed applications.

Kaspersky Security Cloud regularly searches for updates. When Kaspersky Security Cloud finds a new update for an application installed on your computer, Kaspersky Security Cloud shows a pop-up notification in the notification area. Information about the availability, quantity, and type of available updates is displayed in the Notification Center. You can view, download, and install available updates via the Notification Center.

You can also manually start the search for application updates.

By default, Kaspersky Security Cloud automatically downloads and installs all updates for known applications if they do not require you to accept new end user license agreements.

In Windows 8 and later versions, Kaspersky Security Cloud pauses automatic downloads of application updates when a metered Internet connection is used. Downloading of updates is resumed once the unlimited connection is restored. If you have manually started the update, the application will download the update regardless of whether or not you are using a limited connection.

You may need administrator privileges on the computer to update certain applications.

Applications that you do not want to update or for which you do not want to install individual updates are placed by Kaspersky Security Cloud into the exclusions list. You can view and edit the list of exclusions.

Before starting the first search for application updates, Kaspersky Security Cloud may require an update of databases and application modules.

How to change Software Updater settings

To change Software Updater settings:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click the button in the lower part of the window.

   The Settings window opens.

3. In the Protection section, select the Software Updater component.

   The Software Updater settings window opens.

4. If you do not want Kaspersky Security Cloud to automatically download and install application updates that do not require acceptance of a new end user license agreement, clear the Automatically download and install updates if you do not have to accept new license agreements check box.

   This check box is selected by default.

5. In the Search for application updates section, select which application updates will be downloaded and installed by Kaspersky Security Cloud:
   • Select Important updates that improve computer security if you want Kaspersky Security Cloud to install only important updates that fix software vulnerabilities and improve the security of your computer.
   • Select All updates for known applications if you want Kaspersky Security Cloud to install all software updates.

Search for application updates

To start a search for application updates:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click the More Tools button.

   The Tools window opens.

3. Go to the Manage applications section.
4. Click the Software Updater link to open the Software Updater window.
5. Click the Start scan button.

This starts the search for application updates. The results of the search are displayed in the window.

How to configure the update search mode

To configure the mode for searching for updates for installed applications:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click the button .
3. Select the Protection section.
4. Select the Software Updater component.

   The Software Updater settings window opens.

5. In the Update section, select the Enable search for application updates check box.
6. Click the Set up search mode for updates link to go to the Update search mode window.
7. In the Search for updates drop-down list, select one of the following options:
   • Automatically. If you select this option, Kaspersky Security Cloud will run a search for application updates at least once every 24 hours according to the internal settings of the application.
   • Every minute / Every hour / Every day / Weekly / Every month / At a specified time. If you select one of these options, Kaspersky Security Cloud will search for updates based on your defined schedule up to the exact minute. When one of these options is selected, the Postpone running after application startup for N minutes check box is available.
   • After application startup. After Kaspersky Security Cloud starts, it will run a search for application updates after waiting the amount of minutes indicated in the Start in N minutes field.
   • After every update. Kaspersky Security Cloud will search for application updates after downloading and installing a new update package for Kaspersky Security Cloud.
8. Select the Search for updates on the next day if computer is turned off check box to start a search when the computer is turned on after a scheduled search was missed. If the check box is not selected, the application will start the search for updates only at the scheduled time while the computer is turned on.
9. Select the Search for application updates only when screensaver is active or computer is locked check box to start a search for updates only if you are not working on the computer, and to not take up additional computer resources while you are working. If the check box is not selected, the application will start the search at the scheduled time regardless of whether you are working on the computer.
10. To save the settings, click the Save button.

Viewing the list of application updates

Kaspersky Security Cloud regularly searches for updates for applications installed on your computer. Information about the number and types of updates available for applications can be viewed in Notification Center.

To view the list that is generated based on the results of a search for application updates:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click the Details button in the upper part of the window.

   This opens the Notification Center window.

3. In the Protection section, click the Show button in the line with the message about available application updates.

   This opens the Software Updater window with a list of available application updates.

4. To update all applications appearing in the list, click the Update all button (not available in all regions).
5. To selectively update specific applications, perform one of the following actions:
   • Click the Update button in the line containing the application that you want to update.

     You are advised to read the end user license agreement before updating the application. End user license agreements are available in the License agreements drop-down list. By default, the language of the end user license agreement corresponds to the language of the application interface. If the end user license agreement in the language of the application interface is unavailable, the EULA text is provided in the language of the Kaspersky Security Cloud interface. In all other cases, the text of the end user license agreement is provided in English or the first available language if the English text is unavailable.

   • Click the button to open the menu and select Do not update this application if you want Kaspersky Security Cloud to stop notifying you about available updates for the selected application.

     The selected application is moved to the list of exclusions. Kaspersky Security Cloud stops showing notifications about new updates released for this application.

   • Click the button to open the menu and select Skip this update if you want Kaspersky Security Cloud to stop notifying you about the selected update.

     The selected application update is moved to the list of exclusions. Kaspersky Security Cloud shows a notification about a new update released for this application.

   • Click the button to open the menu and select Open the vendor website if you want to manually download and install the update for the selected application.

     The default browser of the operating system opens the website of the software vendor. You can view the update on the website and download it manually.

The window interface, Software Updater, and viewing of the End User License Agreements may differ depending on the localization language of Kaspersky Security Cloud.

Removing an update or application from the exclusions list

When viewing the list of application updates, you can skip notifications about individual updates or skip notifications about all updates for specific applications. Kaspersky Security Cloud adds these updates and applications to the exclusions list.

To remove an update or application from the exclusions list:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click the button in the lower part of the window.

   The Settings window opens.

3. In the Protection section, select the Software Updater component.

   The Software Updater settings window opens.

4. Click the Exclusions link to open the Exclusions window.

   The Exclusions list contains the applications and updates for which you have indicated that no updates are necessary, as well as individual updates of applications that you did not install.

5. Select the update or application in the list and click the Remove from the list button.

During the next search for updates, Kaspersky Security Cloud will notify you about the availability of updates for applications that you have removed from the exclusions list.