Auto downloading options In order to update the virus signatures regularly, you have 3 options: 1. You can select that Mail essentials will automatically check for updates and download them. 2. You can select that Mail essentials will check for updates and notify you if they are there. 3. You can select that Mail essentials will not check for updates. Required for auto downloading: Internet explorer 3 or higher installed on the machine running Mail essentials. The first option is the recommended one. However, if you have a dial up line you might want to do it manually. How to trigger the download manually is described later on in this chapter. To enable auto download of virus updates, select 'Check for updates and download'. Then select either the ftp.gfi.com or the ftp.gfifax.de ftp server. Select ftp.gfi.com if you are located in the US/Canada and ftp.gfifax.de if you are located in Europe or other part of the world. With this option enabled, Mail essentials will automatically check the GFI website each day if there are new virus definition files. In order for it to do this, it is required that you have Internet Explorer 3.0 or above installed. It is recommend you install the latest version of Internet Explorer for security reasons. If you use a proxy server, you must set-up Internet Explorer to work correctly with that proxy server. Note: If you are behind a firewall, you have to enable an FTP connection on the firewall which lets the machine where Mail essentials is installed open an FTP connection (PORT 21) to host ftp.gfi.com or ftp.gfifax.de The Anti Virus settings include 2 other important options; Repair infected files (if possible) - You can instruct Norman to remove a virus from a file if possible.