My Norton anti-virus takes ages between updates

How to auto update every day?

[kapow]

Can anyone tell me how to get Norton anti-virus live update to check more often e.g. once per day?

I have all of the following checked but it seems to be about 2 weeks or more between updates:

Enable automatic LiveUpdate.
Apply virus protection updates.
Notify my when updates are available.
Notify me of Norton AntiVirus program updates.
Alert me if my virus protection is out of date.

Its not that there are no updates because I just did a paranoid-manual-live-update and got two new anti-virus updates.

[SEOMike]

I see the same thing happen on all of our computers. I know the live update CHECKS all the time, but Norton must not say it's important all the time.

[Reflect]

If the same as SAVCE (Symantec corprate edition), then yes.

Just hit their KB and search on cegetter. This will return a KB on setting cegetter.bat up on your local workstation. You can automate it using Windows scheduler, set as many runs a day as you like. It is just a FTP set of commands to login and grab the update/DAT.

Just an aside I NEVER would rely on "live Update" for one reason...it is scheduled to be put out WEEKLY. Now it doesn't always happen that way, read level 4 or higher alert will trigger a new DAT for live update. Whereas "Intelligent Updates" are daily. The cegetter.bat grabs the inteligent update by the way.

I do not work for them, just admin their product daily for a few end users ;).

Take care,

Brian

[Macguru]

Very informative reply Reflect,

Considering the speed at wich some new nasties spread these days, "Intelligent Updates" seems more appropriate.

[kapow]

Thanks.

Symantec corprate edition

I have Norton System Works 2003.

Sorry, whats a 'KB'?

[Reflect]

Sorry, whats a 'KB'?

It is a listing of known issues/fixes/questions in a DB format. You can find it here...

[symantec.com...]

For the latest threats and to search on virii go here...

[securityresponse.symantec.com...]

Here is what I used to automate the daily Intelligent DATs download and propigation...

[service1.symantec.com...]

On personal I assume it also functions in the same fashion as I have heard on forums people being steered to this route. You can take a peak in the help file, do a search on IU and see what it leads you through.

Considering the speed at wich some new nasties spread these days, "Intelligent Updates" seems more appropriate.

Yes, I am amazed that they even bother with weekly. It seems, well, assanine. You might as well not even run protection (just kidding on that one).

HTH,

Brian

[g1smd]

Mine seems to connect and get stuff almost every other day. Mostly it is a quick auto-download, but the day after Google was clobbered by the MyDoom.O payload DDoS attack, the update took absolutlely ages to complete.

[kapow]

I just found a very easy way of doing this in XP :)

1.) Go to:
Start > All programs > Accessories > System tools > Scheduled tasks

2.) Double click 'Add scheduled task', Pick 'Live Update'.

3.) Choose time of day (or days) you want it to work.

Voila!

[Reflect]

By doing that you are only grabbing the "Live Update". "Intelligent Update" is a daily issue, live is weekly. Easier is not better ;).

Take care,

Brian