Avira switches to new update system
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From: Buffalo on 19 Nov 2009 13:31 FredW wrote: > http://techblog.avira.com/2009/11/19/avira-switches-to-new-update-system/en/ > > Due to the fast growing amount of malware out there in the wild our > virus definition files grow fast as well. We monitored the situation > with our Updates very closely. We realise that users of the free Avira > AntiVir Personal had issues fetching the Updates in time recently and > did come up with a few ideas how we could solve the problem and to > better satisfy the needs of our users. > > Two of the results are getting realized today: First, we switch from > our current virus definition files (called iVDF) to a new format > called nVDF. iVDF consists of 4 VDF files, while nVDF uses at least > 32 files - we need to transfer less data for updating our virus > definitions effectively in the future. Time will tell and hopefully it will be effective. Thanks Avira, Buffalo |