SonicOS: How to update SonicWall Gateway Anti Spyware Signatures

Question/Topic:

Updating SonicWall Gateway Anti Spyware Signatures

Resolution/Workaround:

By default, the SonicWall security appliance running SonicWall Anti-Spyware automatically checks the SonicWall signature servers once an hour.

You can force a check of the SonicWall Anti-Spyware signatures database for updates at any time by clicking the Update button located in the Anti-Spyware Status section.

SonicWall Anti-Spyware signature updates are secured. The SonicWall security appliance must first authenticate itself with a pre-shared secret, created during the SonicWall Distributed Enforcement Architecture licensing registration. The signature request is transported through HTTPS, along with full server certificate verification.

Note: Clicking the Update button checks the SonicWall signature servers and updates all Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service signatures.

Source: SonicWall Anti-Spyware Administrator’s Guide