User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

Program updates 223
If you do not have access to Kaspersky Lab’s update servers (for example, your
computer is not connected to the Internet), you can call the Kaspersky Lab main
office at +7 (495) 797-87-00, +7 (495) 645-79-39 to request contact information
for Kaspersky Lab partners, who can provide you with zipped updates on floppy
disks or CDs.
Updates can be downloaded in one of the following modes:
• Auto. Kaspersky Internet Security checks the update source for update
packages at specified intervals. Scans can be set to be more frequent
during virus outbreaks and less so when they are over. When the
program detects fresh updates, it downloads them and installs them on
the computer. This is the default setting.
• By schedule. Updating is scheduled to start at a specified time.
• Manual. With this option, you launch the Updater manually.
During updating, the application compares the databases and application
modules on your computer with the versions available on the update server. If
your computer has the latest version of the databases and application modules,
you will see a notification window confirming that your computer is up-do-date. If
the databases and modules on your computer differ from those on the update
server, only the missing part of the updates will be downloaded. The Updater
does not download databases and modules that you already have, which
significantly increases download speed and saves Internet traffic.
Before updating databases, Kaspersky Internet Security creates backup copies
of them, that can be used if a rollback (see 17.2 on pg. 224) is required. If, for
example, the update process corrupts the databases and leaves them unusable,
you can easily roll back to the previous version and try to update the databases
later.
You can distribute the updates retrieved to a local source while updating the
application (see 17.3.3 on pg. 229. This feature allows you to update databases
and modules used by 7.0 applications on networked computers to conserve
bandwidth.
17.1. Starting the Updater
You can begin the update process at any time. It will run from the update source
that you have selected (see 17.3.1 on pg. 225).
You can start the Updater from:
• the context menu (see 4.2 on pg. 46).
• from the program’s main window (see 4.3 on pg. 48)