User Guide

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ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/ etc.
The updcfg.xml file included in the installation package lists the URLs of all
available update servers.
The keepup2date component supports NTLM and Basic authentication
for connections through a proxy server.
To update the anti-virus databases, the keepup2date component selects an
address from the list of update servers and tries to download updates from that
server. If the server is currently unavailable, the application connects to another
server, trying to download updates. After a successful update, a command
specified as the value of the PostUpdateCmd parameter in the
[updater.options] section of the configuration file will be executed. By default,
this command will automatically restart the application. The restart is necessary
to make the application use the updated databases. Incorrect modification of that
parameter may prevent the application from using the updated databases or
even stop its functioning altogether.
All settings of the keepup2date component are stored in the [updater.*]
sections of the configuration file.
If your network has a complicated structure, we recommend that you download
updates from Kaspersky Lab’s update servers every hour and place them in a
network directory. To keep other networked computers constantly updated,
configure the local computers to copy the updates from that directory. For
detailed instructions on how to implement this updating scenario, see
section 4.1.3 on p. 30.
We strongly recommend that you set up the keepup2date component to
update the databases every hour!
The updating process can be scheduled to run automatically using the cron
utility (see section 4.1.1 on p. 29) or started manually from the command line by
the administrator (see section 4.1.2 on p. 29). Starting the keepup2date
component requires root user privileges.
All Kaspersky Lab’s applications that include keepup2date can be
automatically updated by the component.
Task: view the list of all Kaspersky Lab’s applications that can be
updated.
Solution: in order to perform this task, enter in the command line:
# keepup2date –i