The protection of OS X computers is updated automatically, even though you can disable this feature from the administration console.
72 hours after the release of a version more recent than the protection installed on a Mac OS X computer, this will appear as "out-of-date" in the Status window.
In the case of OS X computers, it is not possible to configure the frequency of the automatic updates of the signature file. It is updated every hour.
48 hours after the release of a version more recent than the file installed on a Mac OS X computer, this will appear as "out-of-date" in the Status window.
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