Frequency of "virus updates"?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi again,

Just wondering … on the average … say Monday to Friday …(and then on the Weekends as well) - how often can one expect new “virus updates” to come out?

Like couple of times a week, once a day, several times a day, … “all depends”, etc?

The reason i am asking (not that it’s that important anyhow) - when i was with AntiVir … - i noticed usually they had “new updates” like few times a day (Monday to Friday anyhow) … and on the Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Holidays) - less frequent - sometimes no update at all until Monday… or sometimes say, occasional update on Saturday or Sunday, etc…
And that’s all approximate of course…

So basically just wondering … ( out of curiosity, lol :smiley: )

Thanks again…

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http://avast.com/eng/vps_history.html

There can you see how often the updates is released!

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Thanks for the above link! :slight_smile:

(btw …there at AntiVir … they also had some simular type of link as well… where one can see all the updates)

Thanks again!! :slight_smile:

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The VPS History link is an eye opener! I had no idea how hard Avast was working and I appreciate it all the more.
With a modem that works at a glacial speed, updates sometimes slow things down for a while. Now I’ll stop groaning when the little green box pops up.

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That is the beauty of the incremental updates, they are much smaller and even on-dial-up (which I also have) VPS updates aren’t really a problem, counted in seconds rather than minutes normally (for me anyway).

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“All depends” on virus development, analysis and signatures being added to the database.

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I’m wondering a little bit. A test in a german computer magacine said:

Update Frequency for avast: 7 - 8 hours, but the link above shows only one update a day?! :-\

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As average, seems too frequent… once a day or, at most, once and a half as average.

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Quite often, if there’s several updates in rapid succession, the latest ones are to correct false-positives in earlier ones. The Alwil team do wonders in responding rapidly to confirmed FPs.

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Since I was so impressed last month about how active avast! is in updating the base, I checked again this morning on the “VPS History” link.
In the past few days there are literally too many to count, but at least 400 recognized threats!! :o
So I am even more impressed and thankful.