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No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. This file is usually updated only one time per month by Microsoft and contains the base virus information that is used to build the delta definitions. The MpAvDlta. This file is usually updated multiple times per day by Microsoft and contains all the changes that have occurred since the last antivirus base was created.

The MpAsBase. This file is usually updated only one time per month by Microsoft and contains the base spyware software information and other potentially unwanted software information that is used to build the delta definitions. The MpAsDlta. This file is usually updated multiple times per week by Microsoft and contains all the changes that have occurred since the last antispyware base was created.

The MpEngine. Some examples of the system resources are files, processes, and registry keys. This file is usually updated only one time per month. Microsoft currently rebases definitions only one time per month. During the rebase process, the delta definitions are combined with the previous base definition file to form a new base file.

The rebase process occurs on both the antivirus definition files and on the antispyware definition files. Because of the rebase process, the size of the new base files typically increases from the previous month. The new base files contain the base definitions from the previous month and contain all the changes from the new delta definitions. Immediately after the rebase process, the sizes of the delta definition files reduce significantly. This behavior occurs because all the information that they previously contained is located in their respective base files.

As new malware information is generated, it is added to the delta definition files causing the size of the files to grow until the next rebase.

The size of the base definition files remains the same between rebases. Microsoft currently releases updates to the malware protection engine at the same time when Microsoft performs the rebase. This means that when the rebase process occurs, the antimalware agent will receive a new version of all five files that are mentioned in the "Definition Contents" section. A customer can download the Forefront endpoint security definition updates by using any of the following three ways:.

Microsoft Update Microsoft publishes definition updates to Microsoft Update. The Forefront endpoint security agent can download these updates directly from Microsoft by using any one of following methods:. There is detection logic associated with each update.

This detection logic allows Microsoft Update to determine the current definition updates that are applied to the agent. Microsoft Update uses this information to provide only the definition update package that is most suitable for the agent. For example, a agent that has the up-to-date version of the previously published definition update downloads only a binary differential delta package and does not download the full installation package.

New definition update packages are usually published to Microsoft Update three times per day. Forefront endpoint security customers who have implemented Windows Server Update Services can download these updates from Microsoft by synchronizing the Definition Update classification.

Agents that report to that Windows Server Update Services server can download the definitions by using any one of the following methods:. In order to verify that updates were downloaded successfully, you need to access Event Viewer and view the event log.

If engine updates were downloaded successfully, you will see Event ID , which will appear similar to the following:. If your organization uses a proxy server to control access to the Internet, you need to identify the proxy server so that you can successfully download antimalware engine and definition updates.

Proxy server settings that are available using the Netsh. Use the Get-ProxySettings and Set-ProxySettings cmdlets to view and configure the proxy server settings that are used to download antimalware updates. The Set-ProxySettings cmdlet uses the following syntax:. For example, to configure antimalware updates to use the proxy server at address Procedures for antimalware protection in Exchange Server. Manually update scan engines in Microsoft Exchange Server.

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