[KB8129] ESET business products that support auto-updates

Issue

Solution

ESET PROTECT On-Prem 9.0 and ESET PROTECT 3.0 introduce automatic updates for supported ESET security products. Auto-updates are used to deliver both feature and servicing updates. The auto-updates feature downloads .dup files during the first module update check. The latest version is activated after a restart. 

Auto-updates differ from Micro Program Component Updates (uPCU) updates in that Auto-updates will only update supported ESET products managed by ESET PROTECT or ESET PROTECT On-Prem. uPCU updates have an automatic feature that will update managed or unmanaged ESET products. 

You can also opt-out from auto-updates.

For ESET products that do not support automatic updates, you can upgrade the ESET product manually or download the latest version from the ESET downloads page

Read more about how auto-updates work in our Online Help documentation for ESET PROTECT On-Prem or ESET PROTECT.


ESET PROTECT On-Prem users

  • ESET PROTECT On-Prem 9.0 and later installations have auto-updates enabled by default.
  • Users upgrading from ESET PROTECT On-Prem 8.x or ESET Security Management Center will display the Automatic product updates notification after upgrading to ESET PROTECT On-Prem 9.x or later.

ESET PROTECT users

  • New PROTECT deployments have auto-updates enabled by default.
  • If you used ESET PROTECT before October 2021, the Web Console will display the Automatic product update notification after the ESET PROTECT instance upgrade.

List of ESET products and versions that support auto-updates

Product name Product version Operating System
ESET Endpoint Security for Windows 9.0 and later Windows
ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Windows 9.0 and later Windows
ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS 7.2 and later macOS
ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux 9.1 and later Linux
ESET Server Security for Microsoft Windows Server 9.0 and later Windows
ESET Server Security for Linux 9.1 and later Linux
ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server  9.0 and later Windows
ESET Mail Security for IBM Domino 9.0 and later Windows
ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server 9.0 and later Windows
ESET Full Disk Encryption 1.4 and later Windows and macOS
ESET Bridge 3.0 and later Windows and Linux
ESET Inspect Connector 2.2 and later Windows, macOS and Linux
Enable automatic update of Endpoint products 8.0

When you upgrade ESET PROTECT On-Prem 8.x or ESET Security Management Center 7.x to ESET PROTECT On-Prem 9.0 or later, you can use the one-click upgrade feature to enable automatic product updates and update your endpoint products version 8.0 to the latest version.

For more information, see the ESET Online Help topic.

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