Updating Virus Definitions (BitDefender)

Standard Anti-Virus for IMail Server includes an "AVUpdate.exe" utility which updates your virus definitions, and ensures the most recent virus protection.

"AVUpdate.exe" can be located at:

c:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail\

"AVUpdate.exe" process is as follows:

1. AVUpdate.exe connects to the BitDefender website.
2. It determines if new virus definitions are available.
3. If new definitions are available, the virus definition update is copied to your system.
4. Services for Queue Manager and SMTPD32 are stopped.
5. Updates are installed to the IMail Server.
6. Services are restarted (even if they were not running before).

Virus definitions on the BitDefender website (URL located at Anti-Virus Settings > Update URL) are updated once a week, or whenever a new virus is discovered. The file, "update.txt" located in the "IMail/Plugins" directory, contains information about updates, such as the date, time and number of virus definition signatures that were downloaded.

It is up to the IMail Administrator to schedule "AVUpdate.exe" to run on a specified time interval.

Note: You can view the date of the last virus definition file date in the "AVUpdate.log".

Related Topics

Overview of Standard Anti-Virus (BitDefender)

Anti-Virus Settings (BitDefender)

Scheduling AVUpdate to Run Automatically (BitDefender)

Anti-Virus Logging (BitDefender)