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This article provides guidance for deploying the Worry Free agent on Windows computers. Due to the numerous ways of deploying the agent in a corporate environment (deployment scripts, endpoint management software, group policy, manual installs), this is not a step-by-step how-to article. Instead, this is general guidance for deploying the agent, which can be applied to your own situation.
TIP For detailed information on the latest version of the Worry Free Business Security Services agent, check the Trend Micro's Worry Free Online Help, expand the row for the latest version, and click the link for Security Agent Help. For full details on the installation requirements, browse to About > System Requirements. |
The following requirements must be met before installing the agent:
There are 2 ways to deploy the Windows agent:
TIP For step-by-step instructions on manually installing the agent, check the Trend Micro Worry Free Agent Installation page. The page contains instructions for installing the agent on all supported operating systems. |
Whichever method you use to deploy the agent, you should consider a few things:
By default, the Trend Micro ActiveUpdate service in the agent checks for updates hourly.
The ActiveUpdate service provides the latest downloads of virus pattern files, scan engines, and program files through the Internet. ActiveUpdate does not interrupt network services or require you to restart endpoints.
Additionally, the ActiveUpdate service supports incremental updates of pattern files. Rather than downloading the entire pattern file each time, the ActiveUpdate service can download only the portion of the file that is new, and append it to the existing pattern file. This efficient update method can substantially reduce bandwidth needed to update your antivirus software.
For detailed information about the agent update processes and the components that get updated, check the online help under the Security Agent Management section.