Change threshold for outdated virus definitions

[Sean Grieco]

Hello,

Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait
30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report them
being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virus
update within a week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sean

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The name of your AV program would help.

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[Sean Grieco]

I'm running Symantec Corporate ed 10.1.... But that should not matter as the
Windows Security Center is displaying the message, not the AntiVirus.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Windows Security Center passes on the information it gets from your
antivirus program, which is why Wesley asked for the name of the
program. Your antivirus program may or may not have a setting which
changes the number of days allowed before it considers virus definitions
out of date.

 

[Sean Grieco]

I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:

http://symantec.atgnow.com/security...re+outdated.&resultType=5000&preview=1however i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean Grieco" <[email protected]> wrote in messageHello,>> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>

 

[Ted Zieglar]

"i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"

Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.

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I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:

http://symantec.atgnow.com/security...re+outdated.&resultType=5000&preview=1however i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean Grieco" <[email protected]> wrote in messagenews:[email protected]...> Hello,>> Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virusupdate within a week.>> Any help would be great

ly appreciated.>> Thanks, Sean>

 

[Sean Grieco]

if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center there
are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is out of
date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select the
number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing some
sort of reg setting for Windows.

 

[Sean Grieco]

nevermind, i found it, i was being an idiot...sorry

 

[Ted Zieglar]

The so-called Symantec System Center is Symantec's replacement for
Windows' own Windows Security Center. Another way that Symantec likes to
"take over" a user's computer.

Whether you choose Windows Security Center or Symantec's replacement for
the same, it is the antivirus program that decides when its virus
definitions are outdated.