Update tasks
Timely updates of application databases ensure that your computer is always protected. File Anti-Virus, Web Anti-Virus, and virus scan tasks use application databases for detecting and neutralizing viruses and other malware on your computer. Application databases are updated regularly with new threats and ways to neutralize them, so it is important that you update the databases regularly.
Kaspersky Internet Security downloads application databases and new application versions from Kaspersky Lab update servers and installs them on your computer.
Note: Internet access is required for connecting to the update servers and downloading updates.
Application database updates can be downloaded in one of the following ways:
- Automatically. Kaspersky Internet Security regularly checks Kaspersky Lab update servers for updates. If a new update is available on the update server, Kaspersky Internet Security downloads it in the background and installs it on your computer. This option is enabled by default.
- Manually. You can manually check for Kaspersky Internet Security updates at any time.
Enable/disable automatic downloads of Kaspersky Internet Security database updates
Check for updates of Kaspersky Internet Security databases
You can choose to install new versions of Kaspersky Internet Security automatically in the background, receive notifications when new versions become available, or opt out of installing new versions.
Choose what to do when new application versions become available
Check for a new version of the application manually
During an update, the application version and application databases are compared with the ones currently available on the update servers. If the latest version of the databases is installed on your computer, the Update window displays a message saying that the application databases are up to date. If the application databases differ from those currently available on the update servers, only the missing components of the update are downloaded and installed on your computer. Incremental updates of application databases take less time and require less web traffic.
Before updating application databases, Kaspersky Internet Security backs them up so you can roll back the latest update if necessary. A rollback is useful if a new version of the application databases contains an incorrect signature that makes Kaspersky Internet Security block a safe application.
Note: If the Kaspersky Internet Security databases are corrupted, it is recommended that you download and install the latest version of application databases.
You can view the current status of the database update including the release date of the application databases in Protection Center.
Information about the progress of the current update task (percentage completed) is displayed in the main application window and in Protection Center. Kaspersky Internet Security also provides a detailed report on the results of update tasks in the Reports window.
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