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Manual Update Using "Check Now": Windows

Applies to:

  •  F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security
  •  F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations
  •  F-Secure Anti-Virus 20xx
  •  F-Secure Internet Security 20xx

How?

Open the Anti-Virus user interface by double clicking the "F" icon on Windows task bar. Start the database update process by clicking on the "Check Now" link on the Home pane.


Manual Update Using fsdbupdate: Windows

Applies to:

  • F-Secure Anti-Virus products for Windows (version 9)
  • F-Secure Policy Manager (version 9)

How?

Download and execute the fsdbupate utility fsdbupdate9.exe from our download server. The fsdbupdate utility contains all databases (Antivirus, Spyware, Spam, Parental, etc).


Applies to:

  • F-Secure Anti-Virus products for Windows (version 8)
  • F-Secure Policy Manager (version 8)

How?

Download and execute the fsdbupate utility fsdbupdate.exe from our download server. The fsdbupdate utility contains all databases (Antivirus, Spyware, Spam, Parental, etc).


Notes:

  • The fsdbupdate utility works with all F-Secure Anti-Virus products for Windows. However, it not recommended except when there is a problem with the recommended updating methods.
  • After updating the databases with this utiliy, you may later need to download the utility again to update the databases with the most recent definitions.
  • If you are using a download manager (e.g. go!zilla, GetRight et cetera) please make sure that you actually download anti-virus definition updates from f-secure.com and not an unofficial mirror site.

Linux

Applies to:

  • F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux (version 4)
  • F-Secure Policy Manager (version 9)
  • Rescue CD

How?

Download and run the fsdbupdate9.run utility from our download server.


Applies to:

  •  F-Secure Linux Security (all versions)
  •  F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux (version 3)
  •  F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Server Security (all versions)
  •  F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Security (all versions)
  • F-Secure Policy Manager (version 8)

How?

Download and run the fsdbupdate.run utility from our download server.

Manual Update Using Latest.zip: Windows and Linux

Applies to:

  •  Centrally administrated F-Secure Anti-Virus products using F-Secure Policy Manager 5.x.

How?

Download latest.zip and save it to hard drive. In F-Secure Policy Manager Console open the "Tools" menu and select "Import Virus Signature Database..." to import the downloaded databases.


Applies to:

  •  Centrally administrated F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.00

How can I update databases manually to F-Secure Policy Manager Server 6.00?

You can install databases manually using the updateinstaller.exe tool. This tool is located at:

  •  <F-Secure>\FSAUS.PM\bin\updateinstaller.exe

You can install Virus definitions in the following manner:

  •  Download and unzip latest.zip to some empty directory (e.g. c:\temp\avupdate)
  •  From a command prompt run following command: updateinstaller.exe c:\temp\avupdate

For more information about the updateinstaller.exe tool, run it without parameters.

If you want to force AUA to redownload all updates manually, you can do it in following way: Open the AUA Interface, go to Channel Status tab and click "Connect now" with CTRL SHIFT pressed down. This will reinitialize all AUA channels and it will republish all updates to all channels.

You can also update Spam Definition Databases for the F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange and F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper with F-Secure Spam Control. Please refer to: Download Spam Definition Database Updates