Kaspersky Scan Engine

Updating the anti-virus database in ICAP mode

In ICAP mode, Kaspersky Scan Engine supports several ways of updating the anti-virus database.

When the anti-virus database is updated, the encrypted user agent string of KAV SDK is transferred to Kaspersky Lab. For the list of transferred data, see section "Data transferred to Kaspersky Lab during an update".

Updating the anti-virus database by means of built-in functionality

Perform one of the following actions to update the anti-virus database:

• Configure automatic database updates in the UpdateSettings section of the ICAP mode configuration file.
• Send a SIGUSR2 signal to the kavicapd service.

  Kaspersky Scan Engine must be configured to update the database on this signal.

• Execute the kavicapd init script with the updatedb command.

  Kaspersky Scan Engine must be configured to update the database on a signal from the init script. The init script must be configured to send the signal specified in the ICAP mode configuration file.

When you use one of these methods, a newer version of the database is automatically loaded by Kaspersky Scan Engine.