How to use Symantec AntiVirus Liveupdate

Posted on May 16, 2009 at 5:48 am

I use Symantec Antivirus as my primary virus protection software.  Like any other antivirus tool it depends on it’s virus definitions database to be able to recognize virus signatures that sneaks up on my computer. 

In this post I will show you how to use the LiveUpdate window to update Symantec’s virus definition files.

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To access live Update  open the Symantec Antivirus window and look for the LiveUpdate button at the lower right portion of the screen.

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Before clicking the button first notice the date of the version of the virus definitions file.  This way you will see if your definitions file is old or recent.  The older this date, the more urgent that you need to update.

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Click the LiveUpdate button to open the LiveUpdate wizard.  Click Next to begin downloading:

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Wait for the download to finish.  That’s it!  In some cases you will need to download up to 40MB of files if your virus definition files is really old. 

Be patient with it, your antivirus software is only as good as it’s virus definition updates.  The download time could take a few minutes to an hour depending on your Internet bandwidth.

By default LiveUpdate automatically downloads the virus definitions from the Symantec server.  In some cases, like when I didn’t connect my computer in the Internet for a very long time, I needed to trigger the LiveUpdate manually. 

Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done.

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2 Responses to “How to use Symantec AntiVirus Liveupdate”

  1. zenotop said on : May 16th, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    I am surprised as techie that you need to use antivirus protection, and of all things Symantec’s! Symantec satisfies all the requirements to be classified as a virus itself. It interferes with everything, slows down performance and holds you hostage for update fees. No self respecting techie needs to use AV for his own use. AVG is free, and Nod32 is x 100 times better than Symantec by any measure.

    Regards


  2. Akshay said on : May 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am

    Hey Dude,

    I had this Symantec Antivirus, It’s A WASTE !!!!!! If our computer has some Virus , It shows the warning and does nothing. I had little knowledge about internet in those times when computer was bought and our computer service man installed it.

    Do you know, Why most service man install this Crap software?

    Ans: So that they if viruses enter your computer, U will be just warned and your computer will be infected. Then You will call your service man to repair the computer and the service man will come and reformat or reinstall your Windows Xp/Vista . By reformatting all the viruses will go with the files. And your service man will be benefited with MONEY !!.

    So be wise and choose another anti-software – My recommendation is Avira anti virus personal

    http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Premium/3000-2239_4-10625882.html?tag=mncol

    It does not allow viruses, Trojans, etc to enter your computer. It’s very good !!!

    - Akshay


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