By storing the most time-sensitive virus information in the virus pattern file, Trend Micro is able to minimize the number of scan engine updates while at the same time keeping protection up-to-date. Nevertheless, Trend Micro periodically makes new scan engine versions available. New engines are released, for example, when:
Trend Micro has incorporated new scanning and detection technologies into the software
a new, potentially harmful, virus is discovered that cannot be handled by the current engine
scanning performance is enhanced
support is added for additional file formats, scripting languages, encoding, and/or compression formats
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