Daily AV updates

[msingle]

Symantec provides daily AV updates through the Inteligent Updater downloads compared to weekly updates through the LiveUpdate system.

I know that McAfee and Grisoft don't have this available.

Do other manufacturers do this?

Thanks.

[wizard]

Their are three different ways how antivirus vendors handle this:

1. Daily updates

Pro: always the latest malware detection signatures
Con: due to less time for 'testing the signatures' potentially higher risk of false positives

2. fixed scheduled updates (like weekly or monthly) with emergency updates if required

Pro: you do not to update that often (saves download time and internet bandwhich) and less risk of false positives due to longer testing time of the signatures

Con: for not ITW related malware like backdoor trojans you have to wait potentially longer for updated protection

3. unregulary, "if required"

Pro: see number 2
Con: see number 2

Examples for 1: KAV, DrWeb32
Examples for 2: McAfee, Sophos
Examples for 3: F-Prot

I cannot say which of the three methods is the best one as each has pro and cons. I personally tend to prefer option 1 as I use my av program also for trojan protection and therefore I care also about getting quick the latest trojan related signature updates.

wizard

[wizard]

I like to add two things:


1) McAfee has daily updates available but only for manual download somewhere on their AVERT website.

2) you can get also for F-Prot daily updates if you download from the F-Secure ftp-server.

wizard

[adeel]

who said grisoft did'nt have this facility....did you even visit thier site?you should..because they have this facility.

[msingle]

Ummm I was basing my information on their web site on the home page where it says the current update is 1/28 the previous one was 1/21 and the previous one was 1/10.

Am I missing something or does that sound like daily updates to you?

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who said grisoft did'nt have this facility....did you even visit thier site?you should..because they have this facility.
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[iceman]

Like MsIngle I found NO daily updates at their website.
no, I don't use avg......
in a case such as being presented here I prefer to heed the advice of Wizard

[eda]

I agree with wizard - there are 3 ways to do AV update. We decide to update avast! in this way:

1. avast! refuses daily updates (no time to check false alarms)
2. avast! uses fixed scheduled updates - twice a week with emergency updates.
3. avast32 V 3 uses true incremental updates - iAVS technology see at http://www.avast.com/iavs.htm - from the 2000. The most importnt features are:
a. There are fix points (month release) for incremental updates
b. There is simple check for new update - lower than 100 B of bandwith
4. avast! 4 going further in the automation of AV update (see - http://www.avast.com/avast4/new.html). It checks for new AV update after login and then every 4 hours and download and install updates automaticaly - the feature hated by some "advance users" in this forum... But we find that it's the right way to update "our users"

[Technodrome]

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4. avast! 4 going further in the automation of AV update (see - http://www.avast.com/avast4/new.html). It checks for new AV update after login and then every 4 hours and download and install updates automaticaly - the feature hated by some "advance users" in this forum... But we find that it's the right way to update "our users"
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This feature is very useful!!
A lot of people do forget to update their av software. They are in great risk to get infected since av power lies in virus signatures updates. With auto-update feature such as avast!s, this risk would be much lower. I believe, this feature is very important when it comes to AV software.


Technodrome

[Firefighter]

To Eda from Firefighter!

One plus more to Avast 4. The way Alwil goes to the absolute top, is one step closer! Let's find the new opportunities! ::)

Regards,
Firefighter!

[JimIT]

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4. avast! 4 going further in the automation of AV update (see - http://www.avast.com/avast4/new.html). It checks for new AV update after login and then every 4 hours and download and install updates automaticaly - the feature hated by some "advance users" in this forum... But we find that it's the right way to update "our users"
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This feature is very useful!!
A lot of people do forget to update their av software. They are in great risk to get infected since av power lies in virus signatures updates. With auto-update feature such as avast!s, this risk would be much lower. I believe, this feature is very important when it comes to AV software.
Technodrome
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I have to agree with this. AVAST 4--for me--is perfect, because my wife doesn't have to mess with it while I'm away. It does it's thing, and she's protected. Me, I like control ;), but I like having the auto-update feature enabled for my home pc.

Secondly, the small incremental update that iAVS gives you is a real benefit if you are still working with 56k dial-up.



JimIT


Technodrome
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