The following applies to:

• F-Secure Linux Client Security 5.54
• F-Secure Linux Server Security 5.54
• F-Secure Linux Security 7.00

Follow these instructions to update the virus definition databases manually from the command line:

1. Download the fsdbupdate.run file from:
   http://download.f-secure.com/latest/fsdbupdate.run
2. Run "dbupdate fsdbupdate.run" as a root user, where "fsdbupdate.run" is the absolute or relative path to the downloaded file.

The following applies to F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux verson 5.53:

Before you can manually update the virus definition databases, you have to disable the periodic database update. To disable the periodic database updates, edit the crontab of root:

1. Run the following command:
   crontab -e
2. Add # to the beginning of the following line to comment it out:
   */1 * * * * /opt/f-secure/fsav/bin/fsavpmd --dbupdate-only >/dev/null 2>&1

Follow these instructions to update the virus definition databases manually from the command line:

1. Download the fsdbupdate.run file from:
   http://download.f-secure.com/latest/fsdbupdate.run
   fsdbupdate.run is a self-extracting file that stops the automatic update agent daemon, updates the databases and restarts the automatic update agent.
2. Run fsdbupdate.run as a root user.
3. Run dbupdate as a root user.