Updating Virus Databases

Periodic updates to virus databases and Anti-virus engine are downloaded and installed by Updater automatically. You can view status of virus databases and force a database update on a special page of the Anti-virus window. To open the page, click Update on the Main page or click on the navigation pane (the button is visible only if the update management page was already opened from the Main page).

Picture 15. Update management page

The page displays the following information:

Virus database status

Information on the last update and time of the next scheduled update

To force a database update, click Update. To close the update management page, click Close.

If Dr.Web for Linux is operating in Central protection mode and the central protection server disabled manual updates according to the security policy of the anti-virus network, the update management page can be blocked.

Configuring updates

You can configure Dr.Web for Linux update settings on the Settings page on the Main tab.

Updater issues

If Updater failure is detected, error information is displayed on the update management page. To resolve the problem, refer to Appendix D, where you can find detailed description of known errors.