Kaspersky Update Utility is a Windows program for upgrading popular antivirus utilities. It is possible to generate reports for troubleshooting the errors.

Supported software

You can find updates for a wide variety of software using this utility. Home products such as Kaspersky Anti-Virus, PURE, Internet Security and Total Security are supported. Moreover, you are able to install new versions of workstation programs made by Kaspersky like Embedded Systems Security, Endpoint Agent, Small Office Security, etc.

The more specialized applications for file servers, virtual machines and mail systems can be updated as well. Additionally, users are able to download new versions of the mobile Kaspersky utilities such as Endpoint Security for Android.

This program can only work with the Kaspersky tools. To try another anti-virus solution you can download Microsoft Security Essentials.

Updating process

After selecting the necessary programs users can press the Start button to search for new versions. It is possible to schedule hourly, daily or weekly updates checks.

The updates are downloaded from the official Kaspersky servers. Alternatively, you are able to specify a folder on the computer where the utility will be looking for the update files. This feature is useful in a corporate environment.

Several connection settings for advanced users such as timeout and FTP passive mode are provided as well.

Features

free to download and use;
helps you update any Kaspersky software;
it is possible to generate error logs;
includes options for daily and weekly update checks;
compatible with all modern versions of Windows.