About Database Update
Kaspersky Security for Windows Server databases stored on the protected device quickly become outdated. Kaspersky's virus analysts detect hundreds of new threats daily, create identifying records for them, and include them in application database updates. Database updates are a file or set of files containing records that identify threats discovered during the time since the last update was created. To maintain the required level of device protection, we recommend that database updates are received regularly.
By default, if the Kaspersky Security for Windows Server databases are not updated within a week from the time that the installed database updates were created, the Application database is out of date event occurs. If the databases are not updated for a period of two weeks, the Application database is extremely out of date event occurs. Information about the up-to-date status of the databases is displayed in the results pane of the Kaspersky Security node of the Application Console tree. You can use Kaspersky Security for Windows Server general settings to indicate a different number of days before these events occur. You can also configure administrator notifications about these events.
Kaspersky Security for Windows Server downloads updates of application databases and modules from Kaspersky's FTP or HTTP update servers, Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server, or other update sources.
Updates can be downloaded to every protected device, or one protected device can be used as an intermediary by copying all updates onto it and then distributing them to the protected devices. If you use Kaspersky Security Center for centralized administration of device protection in an organization, you can use Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server as an intermediary for downloading updates.
Database Update tasks can be started manually or based on a schedule. By default, Kaspersky Security for Windows Server runs the Database Update task every hour.
If the update download process is interrupted or results in an error Kaspersky Security for Windows Server will automatically switch back to using the databases from the last installed updates. If the Kaspersky Security for Windows Server databases become corrupted, they can be manually rolled back to previously installed updates.
