Updating Mobile Security Components Parent topic

In Mobile Security, the following components or files are updated through ActiveUpdate, the Trend Micro Internet-based component update feature:
  • Mobile Security Server—program installation package for Mobile Security server.
  • Malware Pattern—file containing thousands of malware signatures, and determines Mobile Security’s ability to detect these hazardous files. Trend Micro updates pattern files regularly to ensure protection against the latest threats.
  • Malware Scan Engine—component that performs the actual scanning and cleaning functions. The scan engine employs pattern-matching technology, using signatures in the pattern file to detect malware. Trend Micro occasionally issues a new scan engine to incorporate new technology.
  • Mobile Device Agents installation program—program installation package for the Mobile Device Agents.
  • Mobile Device Agent program patch—program patch file that includes the latest updates to the Mobile Device Agent program installed on mobile devices.
You can configure scheduled or manual component updates on the Mobile Security server to obtain the latest component files from the ActiveUpdate server. After a newer version of a component is downloaded on Mobile Security server, the Mobile Security server automatically notifies mobile devices to update components.