Malware Signature Updates

Anti-Malware A component on Endpoint Security Windows clients. This component protects clients from known and unknown viruses, worms, Trojan horses, adware, and keystroke loggers. gets malware signature updates at regular intervals to make sure that it can scan for the newest threats.

These Actions define the frequency of the signature updates and the source.

Action	Description
Check for malware signature updates every 4 hours	Signature updates occur every 4 hours from the Endpoint Policy Server Endpoint Policy Server improves performance in large environments by managing most communication with the Endpoint Security clients. Managing the Endpoint Security client communication decreases the load on the Endpoint Security Management Server, and reduces the bandwidth required between sites. The Endpoint Policy Server handles heartbeat and synchronization requests, Policy downloads, Anti-Malware updates, and Endpoint Security client logs. and Check Point server.
Check for malware signature updates every 2 hours	Signature updates occur every 2 hours from the Endpoint Policy Server and Check Point server.

Double-click an Action to edit the Properties.

You can change these settings:

• Updater Interval - Frequency, in hours, between client requests for malware signatures and scanning for engine updates.

• Signature update will fail after - The connection time out, after which the update source is considered unavailable.

• Update Signatures From - The server or servers that the client gets updates from.

  • Signature Source:

    • Local Endpoint Servers - Get updates from the Endpoint Security Management Server A Security Management Server that manages your Endpoint Security environment. Includes the Endpoint Security policy management and databases. It communicates with endpoint clients to update their components, policies, and protection data. or configured Endpoint Policy Server.

    • External Check Point Signatures Server - Get updates from an external Check Point server through the internet.

    • Other External source - Get updates from an external source through the internet. Enter the URL.

  • If first update fails: Set a fallback update source to use if the selected update source fails. Select a different option than the first signature source.

  • If second update fails - Set a second fallback update source to use if the other sources fail.

Note - If only Update from Local Endpoint Servers is selected, clients that are disconnected from an Endpoint Security server cannot get updates.