Virus scanner updates

Screenshot 47 - Virus Scanning Engines: Configuration page (Updates Tab)

You can configure GFI MailSecurity to download virus scanner updates automatically or to notify the administrator whenever new updates are available. To configure the automatic updates of a particular virus scanner:

1. Select the virus scanner that you want to configure and from the right window, click the Updates tab.

2. Select the Automatically check for updates check box to enable the auto-update feature.

3. From the Downloading options list, select one of the following:

•	Only check for updates – Select this option if you want GFI MailSecurity to just check and notify the administrator whenever updates are available for this virus scanner.

NOTE: This option will NOT download the available updates.

•	Check for updates and download – Select this option if you want GFI MailSecurity to check and automatically download any updates available for this virus scanner.

4. Specify how often you want GFI MailSecurity to check/download updates for this Virus Scanning Engine, by specifying an interval value in hours.

Triggering the virus update manually

To check/download updates for the current Virus Scanning Engine immediately, click Download updates.