Updates – General

The application uses Kaspersky Lab update servers as a source of database updates. New database updates are uploaded to the servers every hour.

This is the default option.

The application uses an HTTP or FTP server, local or network folder specified in the entry field as the source of updates. If you select this option, enter the path to the folder manually in the entry field.

A dropdown list in the General settings section. In the Run mode dropdown list, you can configure the automatic startup of database updates. The following startup options are available:

• Manually. The update of Kaspersky Security databases is started manually by clicking the Run database update on all servers button in the lower part of the configuration section.
• Periodically. The update is started automatically at specific time intervals.
• Daily. The update procedure runs automatically at specified time every day. If the update start at the defined time is somehow prevented, the application will attempt update again next day at the specified time (local server time).
• On selected day. The update procedure runs automatically at specified time (local server time) on the selected day of the week.

Clicking this button runs the updating of databases. An update download indicator is displayed when an update is running.

If Kaspersky Security is installed on a farm of SharePoint servers that handle a single database for configuration of the application and Backup, the Run database update on all servers button is displayed.

In this entry field, you can specify the IP address and port of the proxy server. The application will use those settings to download updates from Kaspersky Lab servers.

By default, the port value is set to 8080.

Enables the use of authentication when connecting to the proxy server.

If this check box is selected, the Account and Password entry fields are available. Here you can specify the account that the application will request to establish connection with a proxy server.

If the check box is cleared, authentication is disabled.

The check box is cleared by default.

Connection to the update source via a proxy server.

If the check box is selected, the application connects to the update source via a proxy server when downloading updates. If the check box is cleared, the application establishes the connection according to the default settings of the operating system.

The check box is cleared by default.

Limiting the time of connection with an update source.

In this entry field, you can specify the time interval (in seconds) during which the application will attempt to establish connection with another update source. The maximum value of the field is 86,400 seconds.

The default value is 60 seconds.