Antivirus Products updating their signatures on Christmas Day

[Andrew999]

I was wondering do you think most Antivirus products will update their signatures on Christmas day. I heard Eset does but it will be interesting to find out what companies that don't.

 

[Cch123]

Yes they do. The update process of most reputable companies are automated, including the signature generation components.

 

[Hangtooth]

From the Avira update logs:

Summary:
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0 Files downloaded
0 Files installed

Thursday, December 24, 2015 8:52:15 PM

The update was carried out successfully!

Summary:
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9 Files downloaded
10 Files installed
Downloaded file(s): aevdf.dat 8.12.40.144; xbv00112.vdf 8.12.40.124; xbv00113.vdf 8.12.40.126; xbv00114.vdf 8.12.40.130; xbv00115.vdf 8.12.40.144; local000.vdf; webcat1.dat;
webcat2.dat; webcat3.dat; webcat4.dat;

Friday, December 25, 2015 8:36:48 AM

The update was carried out successfully!

Now that's German efficiency...

 

[jamescv7]

Remember that usually only weekends are inactive to provide database updates + with technological aspects today, employees from lab does only for verification instead of fully manual process to gather data.

 

[Ink]

Automated systems do not need humans, updates are delivered 24/7/365. Perhaps email support may be limited.

@Hangtooth Avira Free updates once per 24 hours? Or have they changed that.

 

[Hangtooth]

@Huracan not sure about Free, I am using the paid version atm, and the default setting is to check for updates every 2 hours.

Not saying there *are* updates every two hours, but at least it checks for them =) I never checked until you asked but the log files show it looks for updates every 2 hours without fail unattended. Some of the logged updates are manual updates just because I am anal retentive (note the candy cane). For Xmas day it appears all the updates at 36 past the hour were automated. I turn the machine off at night while I sleep so you'll not see any updates for a few hours each night.

Maybe someone running Avira Free could check what the default update schedule is set at as shown in the second window. Looks like Pro will accept checking as much as every 15 minutes. Not sure about Free.



EDIT: Checked the individual logs this morning and there was only the 1 virus defs update all day yesterday even though it checked every 2 hours.

This page shows all the virus definition updates over time if you want to see how often they update compared to competitors: VDF History

 

[Crystal_Lake_Camper]

The only av company That does not update on the weekends and special days is Norman ( atleast it was when i had installed last for About 8 years ago or so ) very strange policy they had....what a confusing company!

 

[LabZero]

I hope, because the malware doesn't break for Christmas.

 

[Andrew999]

The only av company That does not update on the weekends and special days is Norman ( atleast it was when i had installed last for About 8 years ago or so ) very strange policy they had....what a confusing company!

I am pretty sure Norman got bought by AVG?

 

[jamescv7]

If I'm not mistaken the engines used for Norman is same from other re-branded/partnered products which came from Bitdefender, hence their detection rates are already nearly same with others compare way back before that seems to be mediocre.