Why would KAV want to act as a server?

[xyZed]

Zone alarm just said that Kaspersky Anti Virus was trying to act as a
server. Anyone know why?

 

[Elco]

Zone alarm just said that Kaspersky Anti Virus was trying to act as a
server. Anyone know why?

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For the updates....every 3 hours...

 

[xyZed]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:35:27

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› › > Zone alarm just said that Kaspersky Anti Virus was trying to act as a
› > server. Anyone know why?
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› For the updates....every 3 hours...

I thought to get updates, a program should just need access to the
Internet. Acting as a server implies to me that it will "serve" things
on elsewhere.

I don't understand the need to act as a server as opposed to just
having access to the internet.

 

[Elco]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:35:27

"xyZed" <xyzed@mymask_xyzed.co.uk> schreef in bericht
Zone alarm just said that Kaspersky Anti Virus was trying to act as
a
server. Anyone know why?

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For the updates....every 3 hours...

I thought to get updates, a program should just need access to the
Internet. Acting as a server implies to me that it will "serve" things
on elsewhere.

I don't understand the need to act as a server as opposed to just
having access to the internet.

Well.....Kaspesky's servers do some controls before sending the update...
is your licence valid?
is your virus-definition-database ok? version? not altered by third
party(hacked)?
etc....

so your computer must provide some information.....doeing some serverwork..

 

[xyZed]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:37:09
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› Well.....Kaspesky's servers do some controls before sending the update...
› is your licence valid?
› is your virus-definition-database ok? version? not altered by third
› party(hacked)?
› etc....
›
› so your computer must provide some information.....doeing some serverwork..

I'm running the demo version of KAV personal , downloaded yesterday. I
intend to buy it if there are no problems.

I know Zone alarm advises that very few programs should ever need to
act as servers. They include P2P file sharing progs etc.

 

[Elco]

I'm running the demo version of KAV personal , downloaded yesterday. I
intend to buy it if there are no problems.

I know Zone alarm advises that very few programs should ever need to
act as servers. They include P2P file sharing progs etc.

I'm using Kaspersky for a while now....never had problems..
upgrading xp with sp1 and last week sp2 didn't give any problems..
The support is great..

I decided to purchase Kaspersky after troubles with AVG and after running
three online-scanners...
Kaspersky on his first run (trial version) still found infected files (
have over 160G on 3 discs)
Now i'm feeling far more at ease...

 

[xyZed]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:42:25
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I don't allow KAV to act as a server and it still functions OK

 

[Elco]

I don't allow KAV to act as a server and it still functions OK

Sure....but do you get the updates every three hours..?
Control that in the events log......

 

[xyZed]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:42:04

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› > I don't allow KAV to act as a server and it still functions OK
› >
›
› Sure....but do you get the updates every three hours..?
› Control that in the events log......

Yes. Everything works OK without KAV being allowed to act as a server.
I have contacted KAV tech support and even they seem unable to tell me
why it needs to be a server.

 

[Elco]

Yes. Everything works OK without KAV being allowed to act as a server.
I have contacted KAV tech support and even they seem unable to tell me
why it needs to be a server.

Ok....thanks for the info..
I'll try this out on my system..

 

[xyZed]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:50:55

›
› Ok....thanks for the info..
› I'll try this out on my system..

KAV tech support have replied to 2 of my emails but still haven't
explained why. They seem either puzzled, or reluctant to say.

My understanding is that a server, "serves" files to others on a
network.

 

[xyZed]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Fri, 01 Oct 2004 06:32:54
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Here is the response from KAV

"Yes, KAV sometimes uses active FTP connection and needs to act as a
server. "

I don't know if this is good, bad or indifferent. Perhaps someone
does?

 

[Johnny Bela]

There is circumstantial evidence that on Fri, 01 Oct 2004 06:32:54
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Here is the response from KAV

"Yes, KAV sometimes uses active FTP connection and needs to act as a
server. "

I don't know if this is good, bad or indifferent. Perhaps someone
does?

It's the way active FTP works. You computer sends out a connection
request and then opens a port. The ftp server receives your request and
then sends the file to your computer through the port your computer has
opened. KAV also uses HTTP connections as a backup to retrieve the
definitions, so you can safely prevent KAV from acting as a server and
you'll still receive your updates.