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How to change the alert settings for virus definitions in the Policy Manager?

Issue:

Where do you change the settings about alerts and when virus definition updates are considered outdated (old)?

Resolution:

In order to change these parameters, do the following:

  1. Log in to your Policy Manager Console
  2. Select a host or policy domain from the domain tree
  3. Go to Settings tab 
  4. Navigate to the Windows > Centralized management settings page
  5. Scroll down to the Automatic updates section
  6. Change the values for:
    • Time limit for considering update databases old (in days)
    • Time limit for considering update databases very old (in days)
  7. Distribute the policy (Ctrl + D)