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AndrewT1
Aspirant
May 21, 2013

Anti-virus Not updating (6.0.6)

Hi , I have noticed that Anti-Virus signature files dose not update unless I reboot or disable /enable the service. Dose anyone know if this correct or just another software issue ? Thanks An...
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chirpa
Luminary
May 21, 2013
If you have SSH, you can trigger a manual check for update on the A/V signatures.
# /frontview/bin/avdu -v 3
avdu.c:481(3) defId: 0-->201305211449
avdu.c:291(3) Start downloading definition file (201305211449)
avdu.c:303(3) Done downloading definition file (201305211449) rc=0 http_status=200
avdu.c:502(2) Successfully download definition file (201305211449)
avdu.c:330(3) Start installing virus definition file (201305211449)
avdu.c:356(3) Success installing virus definition file (201305211449)
avdu.c:519(2) Successfully installed new definition file (201305211449)
They have gone out of their way to hide command line arguments from people for some reason.

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