Updating Virus Databases

In the Updater section, you can configure the frequency of virus database updates. Virus databases contain information on all known malicious software.

New types of threats with more advanced disguise features appear every day. Updating Dr.Web allows to detect previously unknown viruses, to block their spreading and sometimes to cure infected files that were incurable before.

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Internet connection is required to update virus databases.

When opened for the first time, Dr.Web updates virus databases to the current state. After that, Dr.Web updates virus databases every 30 minutes. You can change the frequency of updates.

To change the frequency of virus database updates

You can also start the update process manually.

To update virus databases manually

Proxy server configuration

If you do not want to install updates on your Mac directly, you can configure update installation via a proxy server.

To configure update installation via a proxy server