Updating anti-virus database

The program detects viruses and disinfects infected objects using records of the anti-virus database containing definitions of all currently known malware and methods for disinfecting infected objects.

It is extremely important to update your anti-virus database periodically because new viruses appear every day.

Updating anti-virus database is another important function of Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal. By default, your database is downloaded from one of the Kaspersky Labs update servers and is installed on your computer automatically every 3 hours. If you use your computer less than three hours a day, we recommend that you change the frequency of the anti-virus database updates, leave your computer running or update the anti-virus database manually. Otherwise, the anti-virus database will not be updated.

You can update the anti-virus database manually. In order to do this:

right-click the icon in the system tray. When the shortcut menu appears, select Update Anti-Virus Database.

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open the Protection tab of the main application window and click link Update now in the left section.

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click link Update your anti-virus database in the right section of the Protection tab.

For more details on updating anti-virus database see section Downloading updates.