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Trend Micro OfficeScan 10.6 Administrator’s Guide
OfficeScan Client Update Methods
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Clients that update components from the OfficeScan server or a customized update
source can use the following update methods:
• Automatic client updates: Client update runs automatically when certain events
occur or based on a schedule. For details, see OfficeScan Client Automatic Updates on
page 5-32.
• Manual client updates: When an update is critical, use manual update to
immediately notify clients to perform component update. For details, see OfficeScan
Client Manual Updates on page 5-38.
• Privilege-based updates: Users with update privileges have greater control over
how the OfficeScan client on their computers gets updated. For details, see Update
Privileges and Other Settings for OfficeScan Clients on page 5-40.
OfficeScan Client Automatic Updates
Automatic update relieves you of the burden of notifying all clients to update and
eliminates the risk of client computers not having up-to-date components.
In addition to components, OfficeScan clients also receive updated configuration files
during automatic update. Clients need the configuration files to apply new settings. Each
time you modify OfficeScan settings through the web console, the configuration files
change. To specify how often configuration files are applied to clients, see step 3 below.
Note: You can configure clients to use proxy settings during automatic update. See Proxy for
OfficeScan Client Component Updates on page 5-43 for details.
There are two types of automatic update: