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Updating old virus definitions - .ide files older than 3 months?

Elbow

Hi,

I've been reading through other forum posts regarding standalone updates for Sophos.

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I need to update the virus definitions only - not the client.  The website only provides files from the past three months - is there any way I can download older .ide files that that?  Will updating the .ide files only cause any compatibility issues with the client?

Ideally I'd like to be able to:

- copy in .ide files

- restart SAV service

Anything I'm missing?

Thanks in advance

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    Hello Elbow,

    IDE packages are cumulative, for example the IDEs for VDL 4.82 contain all for 4.83 (as of now 242) and 189 which have been consolidated into the libraries. Thus if you regularly added the IDEs (and did not delete the old ones) you'll have the "complete set".

    You've read that updating the software (libraries and engine) is recommended. The software isn't constantly developed just for the fun of it :smileywink:. I assume that eventually the engine will not be able to make full use of the new definitions. There might also be a performance penalty if you have lots of individual IDEs.

    May I ask - why don't you want to update the software?

    Final hint - the latest available and apparently maintened version is for 4.79, the URL is simple to guess.

    Christian

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    Hello Elbow,

    IDE packages are cumulative, for example the IDEs for VDL 4.82 contain all for 4.83 (as of now 242) and 189 which have been consolidated into the libraries. Thus if you regularly added the IDEs (and did not delete the old ones) you'll have the "complete set".

    You've read that updating the software (libraries and engine) is recommended. The software isn't constantly developed just for the fun of it :smileywink:. I assume that eventually the engine will not be able to make full use of the new definitions. There might also be a performance penalty if you have lots of individual IDEs.

    May I ask - why don't you want to update the software?

    Final hint - the latest available and apparently maintened version is for 4.79, the URL is simple to guess.

    Christian

    :35397
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