Virus scanner updates

Screenshot 39 - Virus Scanning Engines: Configuration page (Updates Tab)

You can configure GFI MailSecurity to automatically download virus scanner updates 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 on the Updates tab.

2. Select the Automatically check for updates option 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 the frequency (i.e. time interval) at which GFI MailSecurity will check / download new updates for this Virus Scanning Engine.

Triggering the virus update manually

You can manually trigger the download of virus scanner updates by clicking on the Download updates button.