What filename format does Kaspersky now use?

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Dave

For weekly updates, it used to be in the form
of, for example, "up050114.zip" to represent
the weekly update for 14th of January,2005.

Is this same format being used now? I've
been having trouble downloading weekly
updates since the last major update at the
end of January, 2005.

Thanks for any response..
 
For weekly updates, it used to be in the form
of, for example, "up050114.zip" to represent
the weekly update for 14th of January,2005.

Is this same format being used now? I've
been having trouble downloading weekly
updates since the last major update at the
end of January, 2005.

Thanks for any response..
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The updates are now called:

cumul.zip - The current cumulative update.
daily.zip - The current daily update.
weekly.zip The current weekly update.


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
 
The updates are now called:

cumul.zip - The current cumulative update.
daily.zip - The current daily update.
weekly.zip The current weekly update.


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
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How would one now update and make current a Kaspersky
installation that becomes corrupted a few weeks or months
after a cumulative update?
Previously, this could be done by keeping aside the weekly
update files and updating in the order of date easily ..... how
now with all the update files being a standard name?
A step backward for AVP, I should think.
Time to switch my AV program I think...... Any recommendations?
 
How would one now update and make current a Kaspersky
installation that becomes corrupted a few weeks or months
after a cumulative update?
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Huh? What?
Previously, this could be done by keeping aside the weekly
update files and updating in the order of date easily ..... how
now with all the update files being a standard name?
Click to expand...

It's not an issue unless you are updating manually... The Kaspersky
updater automatically downloads and installs the correct updates.

A step backward for AVP, I should think.
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Not at all... This is a step forward actually. It means Kaspersky's
update servers won't be bogged every six weeks or delivering a
multi-megabyte cumulative update.
Time to switch my AV program I think...... Any recommendations?
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Why?


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
 
Huh? What?


It's not an issue unless you are updating manually... The Kaspersky
updater automatically downloads and installs the correct updates.



Not at all... This is a step forward actually. It means Kaspersky's
update servers won't be bogged every six weeks or delivering a
multi-megabyte cumulative update.


Why?


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
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Hi Jeffrey, for years I have preferred to update manually
rather than use the "auto-update" feature. I habitually
use another AVP program to scan the update files before
the manal update! paranoid?
Why? Well, if the AVP program becomes corrupted due
to any number of reasons, with all files named "weekly.zip",
it becomes more messy to update in date order.
Also, all of the files can no more be in the same folder
without renaming...... Sorting used to be a breeze in the
previous system ..... clicking on "Filename" sort would
sort the files in date order! .... if you know what I mean.....
Or, perhaps I am just becoming old and lazy ......... :-)
 
Hi Jeffrey, for years I have preferred to update manually
rather than use the "auto-update" feature. I habitually
use another AVP program to scan the update files before
the manal update! paranoid?
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A bit...
Why? Well, if the AVP program becomes corrupted due
to any number of reasons, with all files named "weekly.zip",
it becomes more messy to update in date order.
Click to expand...

There are only three update files now.

Cumul.zip - contains all the latest updates. You should download this
file if you have not updated your antivirus databases in the last two
weeks.

Weekly.zip - contains all updates and modifications released during
the current week and the previous week (a full version of the previous
week's daily.zip and the current daily.zip). You should download this
file if you update your antivirus databases less than once a week, but
more often than once every two weeks.

Daily.zip - contains all updates and modifications released during the
current week. The current week starts from the previous Friday, when
the last weekly update was released. You should download daily.zip if
you update your antivirus databases at least once a week.
Also, all of the files can no more be in the same folder
without renaming......
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There's now reason to rename anything... There's a new Cumul.zip
every two weeks, Weekly.zip contains all the .avc files that have been
updated since the last cumulative update.
Sorting used to be a breeze in the
previous system ..... clicking on "Filename" sort would
sort the files in date order! .... if you know what I mean.....
Or, perhaps I am just becoming old and lazy ......... :-)
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Hmm... In that case you'll be better off using the automatic updater.
:-)


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
 
A bit...


There are only three update files now.

Cumul.zip - contains all the latest updates. You should download this
file if you have not updated your antivirus databases in the last two
weeks.

Weekly.zip - contains all updates and modifications released during
the current week and the previous week (a full version of the previous
week's daily.zip and the current daily.zip). You should download this
file if you update your antivirus databases less than once a week, but
more often than once every two weeks.

Daily.zip - contains all updates and modifications released during the
current week. The current week starts from the previous Friday, when
the last weekly update was released. You should download daily.zip if
you update your antivirus databases at least once a week.
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Seems you two are talking apples and oranges. Some update sites
have recently changed over to a different system which involves
a very large number of avc files, the likes of which I've never seen
before. For just one example, take a look at:

ftp://ftp.avp.ru/updates_x/


http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Seems you two are talking apples and oranges. Some update sites
have recently changed over to a different system which involves
a very large number of avc files, the likes of which I've never seen
before. For just one example, take a look at:

ftp://ftp.avp.ru/updates_x/
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Kaspersky has changed the way they handle updates... Under the old
system you had one large "cumulative" .avc file and series of
companion .avc files, the weekly .avc files and so on. Under the new
system that big cumulative .avc file has been broken in to smaller
"chunks" so that Kaspersky Labs can update individual "chunks" as
needed rather than waiting to push out server crushing 4 or 5 megabyte
cumulative update every 6 weeks or so.

In case you missed it the cumulative update created some major
headache for Kaspersky Labs and their customers... Many of the update
servers were unreachable for a couple days... Worse yet the update
server you could reach were unbearably slow (we're talking about 90
minutes to download roughly 5MBs of data over a T1 line!) .

The new system seems to work pretty well once you get used to it BTW.


Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34
 
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