Checking for updates

While your subscription is valid, you can install updates to the program and to security definitions when they are available. You should always make sure to keep updated definitions, which identify spyware and other potentially unwanted programs that the Webroot software uses as a basis for detecting potential threats during sweeps. Webroot frequently updates these definitions and makes them available for you to download (manually or automatically) from the Webroot Web site.

The Webroot software is preconfigured to check for program updates and new security definitions on a daily basis. (You must be connected to the Internet for update checks to be successful.) In addition, the Webroot software is also set to automatically download definitions, if available. We recommend that you keep these settings, as described in Managing automatic updates. You can also manually check for updates at any time; for example, you might want to check if you have the latest security definitions before running a sweep.

If you have a trial version, you can download updates within your trial period.

To check for updates to the program version or security definitions:

1.	Make sure you are connected to the Internet.

2.	From the Home panel, click the Check for Updates link below Updates. (You can also click the Options icon, click the Update tab, and click Check for Updates from there.)

Your browser opens and displays the Webroot Web site. The Web site indicates if your version of the program is current and if an update is available.

If you are updating the program, do not uninstall your previous version of the Webroot software. Installing the new version over the old one retains Quarantine information from previous sweeps and lets you keep program settings.

If new definitions are available, the Webroot software downloads and installs them. A progress bar shows the status of the download.

Updates include both spyware and virus definitions.