Hello

How often, or when does K check for database updates ?

I've had to manually update them for several days (weeks ?) most of the time
Especially if I happen to close K for an hour, for example, but the PC is on for 7 or 8 hours

Same use for years, and never had a problem like this

Thanks

I found this topic whilst searching for a way to make the update window smaller. It seems it can not be done below 1 hour.

I just wanted to know the automatic default, so it's indeed every 2 hours? OK so 1 hour is faster than that, I set to 8am every hour and 2 minutes after app start as I don't see the point of the delay with that which defaulted to 15 minutes.

Honestly, I would prefer setting the update schedule to every 15 minutes and I think Kaspersky should allow the paranoid user like myself to set it that frequently, as what can it harm? it's not as if it causes any network slowdown or PC performance issues.

Nevertheless, I do run an update myself before every manual scan, so that brings another thing. When we right click the K icon in taskbar, I think a very easy option to add and a very useful one would be to have an update shortcut. So we can just right click icon and update. No? Any reason why this would be a bad idea? The way it is now I have to open the interface and navigate to the security tab and click update. It's not the end of the world, just could be really easy with a shortcut in the right click menu. There are so many other things you can do there, like exit, pause protection etc, I think an update option would be great.

Edit: Typos

Edited July 10, 20251 yr by Bav

Hi @Bav,

It is desirable to have the very latest database updates all the time, but not absolutely necessary.
Kaspersky has extensive capabilities to detect malware as soon as it is launched. This works for a certain time even without up-to-date databases.
The latest signatures would be an advantage for a scan, but undetected malware is harmless as long as it is not launched. Then the program control and other detection techniques intervene again.

If the scan you start thinks the databases are too old, it will offer to update them first. But they are never really out of date. As soon as your computer is online, your Kaspersky can receive urgent information via the KSN and is therefore informed about the very latest known malware.

If you still prefer a quick way for updates, you can create a batch file on the desktop, for example. For the MR21 the command is
 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky 21.21\avp.com" update

Then it's just a double-click...