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Is there a way to stop a virus definition download that is in progress?

Rumboogy

Is there a way to stop a virus definition download that is in progress? 

Sometimes when I am connecting over a slow internet connection Sophos starts a virus definition download that runs for a long time.  I am unable to stop it and this download effectively freezes the web browser.  I want some way to stop the current virus definition download and to keep it stopped until I have a better connection.  At this point my best solution is to uninstall Sophos until I get to a fater connection.

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    Hello Rumboogy,

    just below the Update now in the icon's menu there's a Cancel update (guess it's also in the HE, I'm using the corporate edition) which turns active when an update is progress and it should do what it says.

    Besides - a day's worth of definition updates is a whopping 120kB on average, add an extra 50kB for synchronization data for a total of 170kB (compare this to the size of a typical web page - including all the scripts and style sheets), resulting in a net transmission time of (if my math is correct) less than 30 seconds on a 56kbit/s connection. AutoUpdate has to compete for the bandwidth with other processes and apps - guess this is what seemingly "freezes" the browser. Of course, a major (monthly) update is a different story.

    HTH

    Christian

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    Hello Rumboogy,

    just below the Update now in the icon's menu there's a Cancel update (guess it's also in the HE, I'm using the corporate edition) which turns active when an update is progress and it should do what it says.

    Besides - a day's worth of definition updates is a whopping 120kB on average, add an extra 50kB for synchronization data for a total of 170kB (compare this to the size of a typical web page - including all the scripts and style sheets), resulting in a net transmission time of (if my math is correct) less than 30 seconds on a 56kbit/s connection. AutoUpdate has to compete for the bandwidth with other processes and apps - guess this is what seemingly "freezes" the browser. Of course, a major (monthly) update is a different story.

    HTH

    Christian

    :1020360
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