Comodo Antivirus For MAC

• Introduction To Comodo Antivirus
  • System Requirements
  • Comodo Antivirus For MAC - Installation
  • Start Comodo Antivirus
  • Comodo Antivirus - The Summary Screen
  • View Antivirus Events
  • Comodo Antivirus - Navigation
  • Understand Alerts
  • How To... Tutorials
    • How To Scan Your Computer For Viruses
    • How To Configure Database Updates
    • How To Quickly Set Up Security Levels
    • How To Change Language Settings
    • How To Password Protect Your CAV Settings
    • How To Run An Instant Antivirus Scan On Selected Items
    • How To Create A Scheduled Scan
    • How To Restore Incorrectly Quarantined Item(s)
    • How To Submit Quarantined Items To Comodo For Analysis
    • How To Switch Off Automatic Software And Antivirus Updates
    • How To Temporarily Suppress Alerts While Playing A Game
    • How To View Antivirus Events
• Antivirus Tasks - Introduction
  • Run A Scan
  • Update Virus Database
  • Quarantined Items
  • Scanner Settings
    • Real Time Scanning
    • Manual Scanning
    • Scheduled Scanning
    • Exclusions
  • Submit Files To Comodo For Analysis
  • Scheduled Scans
  • Scan Profiles
• More Options - Introduction
  • Preferences
    • General Settings
    • Language
    • Parental Control Settings
    • Log Settings
    • Update Settings
  • Manage My Configurations
    • Comodo Preset Configurations
    • Import/Export And Manage Personal Configurations
  • Diagnostics
  • Check For Updates
  • Browse Support Forums
  • Help
  • About
  • View Logs
    • Antivirus Logs
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• About Comodo Security Solutions

How to Configure Database Updates

For this reason, it is the default policy of CAV to

1. Periodically check for and download database updates

2. Check and update the database just before a scan

Updates can also be downloaded manually. Pre-scan updates can be disabled on a per-scanner basis.

• To manually update the virus database

• To configure automatic database updates

• To configure pre-scan database updates

 To manually update the virus database

• Click the 'Antivirus' tab

• Click 'Update Virus Database'

• CAV will contact Comodo servers and install any available updates.

Note: You must be connected to the Internet to download updates.

To configure automatic database updates

To switch automatic updates ON/OFF in absolute sense:

• Click the 'Antivirus' button along the top navigation
  
  
• Click 'Scanner Settings'
  
  
• Make sure the interface is open at the 'Real Time Scanning' area
  
  
• Enable or Disable 'Automatically update virus database'

 To configure pre-scan virus database updates

Pre-scan update checks can be switched ON/OFF on a 'per-scanner' basis for 'On Access' and 'Scheduled' scan types. To do this:

• Click 'Antivirus' tab

• Click 'Scanner Settings'

• Select either the 'On Access Scan' or 'Scheduled Scan' button as required

• Enable or disable 'Automatically update virus database' as required

More details on these settings can be found in the 'Scanner Settings' section of this guide.