User guide
Quick Heal Total Security 2011
Updating Quick Heal Total Security
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User Guide
Updating Quick Heal Total Security with definition files
If you already have the upgraded definition file with you, you can upgrade Quick Heal Total Security without connecting to the
Internet. It is specifically useful for Network environments with more than one PC. You are not required to download the upgrade
file from the internet on all the PCs within the network using Quick Heal.
To update Quick Heal Total Security through definition file:
1. Click Start -> Programs -> Quick Heal Total Security -> Quick Update.
2. Follow the instructions and click Next button.
3. Click Pick from specified path.
4. Click File to locate the definition file.
5. Provide the index file for the definition i.e. Index.dat.
6. Click Next.
Quick Update picks up the definition file from the designated path, verifies its applicability on the installed version and upgrades
your copy of Quick Heal Total Security accordingly.
Update Guidelines for Network Environment
Quick Heal Total Security can be configured to provide hassle free updates across the network. You are suggested to follow these
guidelines for best results:
1. Setup one computer (may be the server) as the master update machine. Suppose server name is SERVER.
2. Configure Quick Heal Total Security on this computer to upgrade automatically from the Internet as per your desired
schedule.
3. Make QHUPD folder in any location. For example: C:\QHUPD.
4. Assign Read-Only sharing rights to this folder.
5. Click Start -> Programs -> Quick Heal Total Security -> Quick Heal Total Security to open Quick Heal Total
Security.
6. Click Settings -> Automatic Update from the
Dashboard
.
7. Select Copy update files to specified location.
8. Click Browse and locate the QHUPD folder. Click OK.
9. Click Save Changes to save this setting.
10. On all user computers within the network launch Quick Heal Total Security.
11. Go to Automatic Update page under Settings.
12. Select Pick update files from specified path.
13. Click Browse.
14. Locate the SERVER\QHUPD folder from Network Neighborhood. Alternatively you can type the path as
\\SERVER\QHUPD.
15. Click Save Changes to save the settings.