Force immediate updates of Bitdefender Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam data.

Created by Daniel Calkin, Modified on Mon, 3 Feb at 9:20 PM by Daniel Calkin

Problem

You need to immediately update or re-download the current set of anti-virus and anti-spam data from BitDefender instead of waiting for the normal schedule to kick off this action.


Background Information

The Windows Service SpamSentinel Anti-Virus Updater is a utility program dedicated to downloading and deploying data from BitDefender's distribution servers. Immediate actions can be triggered using Windows Powershell. When the Updater is loaded, it waits about 10 minutes before attempting to perform updates, so these commands are very useful when troubleshooting or testing.


Solution


Here are powershell commands for the following actions


Update Anti-Virus Data

(Get-Service "SSAvUpdate1").ExecuteCommand(195)


Update Anti-Spam Data

(Get-Service "SSAvUpdate1").ExecuteCommand(197)


To cancel an active update

(Get-Service "SSAvUpdate1").ExecuteCommand(196)




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