Symantec endpoint protection client virus definitions out of date

This configuration does not follow best practices as new definitions are not made available immediately at midnight. This issue can be resolved by ensuring that the virus definition policy used by affected clients provides enough time before warning about outdated definitions. The configured time should be no lower than the amount of time it takes all clients in the environment to receive updated definitions plus one day.

Note: When the out-of-date definition condition is triggered, you may see the notification message pop up multiple times on the SEP client. This notification continues to pop up until the definitions are current as defined by the SEPM policy. Generally, the answer would be no it's an all or nothing deal. Now, if you have new clients Yes I feel the suggestion by rafeeq will help you in this case. Broadcom Employee.

Migration User. Posted Oct 19, AM. Reply Reply Privately Options Dropdown. Hi Support, I have configured virus definition out of date notification. Regards, Boon Hong. Symantec releases program updates on an as-needed basis. LiveUpdate locates and obtains files from a website, installs them, and then deletes the remaining files from your computer.

Protection updates are the files that keep your Symantec Endpoint product up-to-date with the latest threat protection technology. By default, LiveUpdate runs automatically at scheduled intervals. Based on your security settings, you can run LiveUpdate manually by going into the Symantec client and clicking on the LiveUpdate link in the sidebar.

I need these completely turn off, because I monitor this with a weekly report. I found a Symantec document and followed the directions but I still get the email. I want email just for virus issues and nothing else because they are then piped into Spiceworks Tickets. Brand Representative for Symantec. If 3 computers with virus definitions older than 7 days are present in the network, it will trigger notification by default.