Change threshold for outdated virus definitions

Hello,

Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait
30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report them
being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virus
update within a week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sean

The name of your AV program would help.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Sean Grieco hunted and pecked:
Hello,

Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to
wait 30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to
report them being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is
always a virus update within a week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sean

I'm running Symantec Corporate ed 10.1.... But that should not matter as the
Windows Security Center is displaying the message, not the AntiVirus.


"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
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The name of your AV program would help.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Sean Grieco hunted and pecked:
Hello,

Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to
wait 30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to
report them being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is
always a virus update within a week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sean

Windows Security Center passes on the information it gets from your
antivirus program, which is why Wesley asked for the name of the
program. Your antivirus program may or may not have a setting which
changes the number of days allowed before it considers virus definitions
out of date.
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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
I'm running Symantec Corporate ed 10.1.... But that should not matter as the
Windows Security Center is displaying the message, not the AntiVirus.


"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
The name of your AV program would help.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Sean Grieco hunted and pecked:
Hello,

Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days to
report your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to
wait 30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to
report them being outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is
always a virus update within a week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sean

I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:

http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean Grieco" wrote in . .. Hello, Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virusupdate within a week. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sean

"i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"

Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:

http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean Grieco" wrote in . .. Hello, Is there a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a virusupdate within a week. Any help would be great
ly appreciated. Thanks, Sean

if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center there
are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is out of
date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select the
number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing some
sort of reg setting for Windows.


"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
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"i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"

Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:


http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i
still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean
Grieco" wrote in
. .. Hello, Is there a
way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your
virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days
from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing
outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a
virusupdate within a week. Any help would be great
ly appreciated. Thanks, Sean

nevermind, i found it, i was being an idiot...sorry


"Sean Grieco" wrote in message
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if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center
there are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is
out of date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select
the number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing
some sort of reg setting for Windows.


"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
"i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"

Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:


http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i
still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean
Grieco" wrote in
. .. Hello, Is there
a way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport
your virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30
days from your virus definitions date to the current date to report
thembeing outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always
a virusupdate within a week. Any help would be great
ly appreciated. Thanks, Sean

The so-called Symantec System Center is Symantec's replacement for
Windows' own Windows Security Center. Another way that Symantec likes to
"take over" a user's computer.

Whether you choose Windows Security Center or Symantec's replacement for
the same, it is the antivirus program that decides when its virus
definitions are outdated.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
if that were the case then why when you go into Symantec System Center there
are 2 options for how long to notify a user that their antivirus is out of
date? One of them is "Windows Security Center", and you can select the
number of days for the notification to go off? It has to be changing some
sort of reg setting for Windows.


"Ted Zieglar" wrote in message
...
"i still do not know where to find the universal one for windows"

Because there isn't one, as I explained previously.

---
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

Sean Grieco wrote:
I found something on Symantec's website which helped me. it's at:


http://symantec.atgnow.com/security/...eview=1however i
still do not know where to find the universal one for windows."Sean
Grieco" wrote in
. .. Hello, Is there a
way to tweak the registry so it lowers the number of days toreport your
virus definitions are out of date? Right now it appears to wait30 days
from your virus definitions date to the current date to report thembeing
outdated. I would like to switch that to 7 as there is always a
virusupdate within a week. Any help would be great
ly appreciated. Thanks, Sean