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Updating anti-virus databases

Kaspersky app uses anti-virus databases when searching for malware. The app's anti-virus databases contain descriptions of malware currently known to Kaspersky, information on how to neutralize it, and descriptions of other malicious objects.

To update the app's anti-virus databases, your device must be connected to the internet.

With a subscription for the Kaspersky app, you can set a schedule for automatic anti-virus database updates.

How to schedule autoupdates

  1. In the main window of the Kaspersky app, tap Automatic Anti-Virus.
  2. Tap Databases update.
  3. Select the Update mode:
    • Smart mode: The databases will be updated automatically every night if the battery charge of your device is over 20%.
    • Individual mode: The databases will be updated accordingly to a schedule you set.
    • Manual mode: The databases will not be updated automatically. Instead, you can update them manually.
  4. If you select Smart mode, you can turn on Update only over Wi-Fi setting.
  5. If you select Individual mode, you can specify how often you want the databases to be updated by selecting Frequency: Weekly or Daily.

    To specify the day to update the databases (if you selected the Weekly frequency), tap Start day and select a day.

    To specify the time to update the databases, tap Start time and set a time.

To manually update the anti-virus databases on the device:

  1. On the main screen of Kaspersky app, tap All features.
  2. Swipe up and tap Update antivirus databases.

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