App Updater

This section provides information on how you can use the Kaspersky application to update installed applications.

Available only in Kaspersky Standard, Kaspersky Plus, and Kaspersky Premium.

About App Updater

If you have not updated applications on your computer for a long time, these applications may contain vulnerabilities. Intruders can exploit such vulnerabilities to harm your computer or data.

Updating installed applications improves the security of your computer. Using the Kaspersky application, you can search for updates for installed applications and download and install the latest updates.

The Kaspersky application divides application updates into two types:

• Important - updates that fix vulnerabilities of installed applications and improve the security of your computer.
• Recommended – updates that improve the functionality and/or make changes to the installed applications.

The Kaspersky application regularly searches for updates. When the Kaspersky application finds a new update for an application installed on your computer, the Kaspersky application shows a pop-up notification in the notification area. Information about the availability, quantity, and type of available updates is displayed in the Notification Center. You can view, download, and install available updates via the Notification Center.

You can also manually start the search for application updates.

By default, the Kaspersky application automatically downloads and installs all updates for known applications if they do not require you to accept new end user license agreements.

In Windows 8 and later versions, the Kaspersky applicaion pauses automatic downloads of application updates when a metered Internet connection is used. Downloading of updates is resumed once the unlimited connection is restored. If you have manually started the update, the Kaspersky application will download the update regardless of whether or not you are using a limited connection.

You may need administrator privileges on the computer to update certain applications.

Applications that you do not want to update or for which you do not want to install individual updates are placed by the Kaspersky application into the exclusions list. You can view and edit the list of exclusions.

Before starting the first search for application updates, the Kaspersky application may require an update of databases and application modules.

Search for application updates

To start the search for application updates:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Go to the Performance section.
3. In the App Updater block, click the Search for updates button.

This starts the search for application updates.

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How to change App Updater settings

To change App Updater settings:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click in the lower part of the main window.

   This opens the Settings window.

3. Select the Performance settings section.
4. Click App Updater.

   This opens the App Updater settings window.

5. If you do not want the Kaspersky application to automatically download and install application updates that do not require acceptance of a new end user license agreement, clear the Automatically download and install updates if you do not have to accept new license agreements check box.

   This check box is selected by default.

6. In the Search for application updates section, select which application updates will be downloaded and installed by the Kaspersky application:
   • Select Important updates that improve computer security if you want the Kaspersky application to install only important updates that fix software vulnerabilities and improve the security of your computer.
   • Select All updates for known applications if you want the Kaspersky application to install all software updates.

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How to configure the update search mode

To configure the update search mode for installed applications:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click in the lower part of the main window.

   This opens the Settings window.

3. Select the Performance settings section.
4. Click App Updater.

   This opens the App Updater settings window.

5. In the Update block, select the Enable search for application updates check box.
6. Click the Set up updates search mode link to open the Updates search mode window.
7. In the Search for updates drop-down list, select one of the following options:
   • Automatically. If you select this option, the Kaspersky application will run a search for application updates at least once every 24 hours according to the internal settings of the application.
   • Every day / Weekly / Monthly. If you select one of these options, the Kaspersky application will search for updates based on your defined schedule up to the exact minute. When one of these options is selected, the Postpone running after application startup for N minutes list is available.
8. Select the Search for updates on the next day if computer is turned off check box to start a search when the computer is turned on after a scheduled search was missed. If the check box is not selected, the application will start the search for updates only at the scheduled time while the computer is turned on.
9. To save the settings, click the Save button.

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Viewing the list of application updates

The Kaspersky application regularly searches for updates for applications installed on your computer. Information about the number and types of updates available for applications can be viewed in Notification Center.

To view the list generated as a result of searching for application updates:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click the Details button in the upper part of the window.

   This opens the Notification Center window.

3. In the Status section, click the Show button in the line with the message about available application updates.

   This opens the App Updater window with a list of available application updates.

4. To update all applications appearing in the list, click the Update all button (not available in some regions).
5. To selectively update specific applications, perform one of the following actions:
   • Click the Update button in the line containing the application that you want to update.

     You are advised to read the end user license agreement before updating the application. End user license agreements are available in the License agreements drop-down list. By default, the language of the end user license agreement corresponds to the language of the application interface. If the end user license agreement in the language of the application interface is unavailable, the EULA text is provided in the language of the Kaspersky application interface. In all other cases, the text of the end user license agreement is provided in English or the first available language if the English text is unavailable.

   • Click the button to open the menu and select Do not update this application if you want the Kaspersky application to stop notifying you about available updates for the selected application.

     The selected application is moved to the list of exclusions. The Kaspersky application stops showing notifications about new updates released for this application.

   • Click the button to open the menu and select Skip this update if you want the Kaspersky application to stop notifying you about the selected update.

     The selected application update is moved to the list of exclusions. The Kaspersky application shows a notification about a new update released for this application.

   • Click the button to open the menu and select Open the vendor website if you want to manually download and install the update for the selected application.

     The default browser of the operating system opens the website of the software vendor. You can view the update on the website and download it manually.

The window interface, App Updater, and viewing of the End User License Agreements may differ depending on the localization language of the Kaspersky application.

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Removing an update or application from the exclusions list

When viewing the list of application updates, you can skip notifications about individual updates or skip notifications about all updates for specific applications. The Kaspersky application adds these updates and applications to the exclusions list.

To remove an update or application from the exclusions list:

1. Open the main application window.
2. Click in the lower part of the main window.

   This opens the Settings window.

3. Select the Performance settings section.
4. Click App Updater.

   This opens the App Updater settings window.

5. Click the Exclusions link to open the Exclusions window.

   The Exclusions list contains the applications and updates for which you have indicated that no updates are necessary, as well as individual updates of applications that you did not install.

6. Select the update or application in the list and click the Delete button.

During the next search for updates, the Kaspersky application will notify you about the availability of updates for applications that you have removed from the exclusions list.

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