Database-Updates?

HeinzDo1961
HeinzDo1961 Posts: 1 New Member

Hi.

There have been no updates here for 36 hours.

What's going on there?

Best regards.

Heinz

Answers

  • Ukko
    Ukko Posts: 3,753 Superuser

    Hello,

    Sorry for my reply. I am only an F-Secure user (their home solutions). And these are only my own unofficial feelings.

    There have been no updates here for 36 hours.

    What's going on there?

    Maybe just a weekend. On such days, signature updates are usually always released less frequently.

    Based on official(?) webpage, the last one update for Capricorn engine was 2021-01-09 18:45 UTC (2021-01-09_13). If your experience is about this, then this is the latest recharge for a stable solution.

    My beta solution also got the last one at 2021-01-09. In the previous weekend (not current, that ended) the situation was also close to such a lull. So, I think today the first part of the updates will come a little later.

    But - it is important to note that the current F-Secure solutions are quite active in using the capabilities of Cloud power. Scanning, analysis, databases and so on. F-Secure Security Cloud privacy policy is available there: https://www.f-secure.com/en/legal/privacy/security-cloud (just for reference, that this is mostly well designed).

    Thus, even if local signature-updates are not received during weekends - advanced and improved ways to detect threats are still should be up-to-date.

    Also, detection by signature engines (or slightly extended signature engines) are mostly about known items. Perhaps, to meet purely fresh malware at weekend is a bit tricky and dangerous as such (means too fresh state) even with the most updated databases.

    Thanks!

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