How to update installed applications through Kaspersky Security Cloud
The article refers to Kaspersky Security Cloud — Family and Kaspersky Security Cloud — Personal.
For security of your computer, it is important that you install latest updates of software you use. Updates fix errors and vulnerabilities and enhance compatibility with operating systems. Kaspersky Security Cloud finds new updates available for an application, it shows a notification in the lower right corner of the screen.
How to run a search for application updates
- In the main window of Kaspersky Security Cloud, click More Tools.
- If you don’t know how to open the application window, see this guide.
- Select Software Updater.
- Click Start search.
- If new updates for applications were detected during the search, Software Updater window will show the link to the list of the detected applications.
- To install all the detected updates, click Update all. Also, you can install updates for specific applications.
- If you do not want to update the application, you can add it to the exclusions list. In the drop-down list, select Do not update this application.
How to adjust updates search
By default, Kaspersky Security Cloud downloads and installs all detected updates unless the update installation requires accepting a new license agreement.
If you want to install only important updates which enhance the security:
- Open the settings of Kaspersky Security Cloud by clicking the gear icon in the lower-left corner of the main window.
- If you don’t know how to open the application window, see this guide.
- In the In the Settings view, click Protection → Software Updater.
- In the section Install updates for applications, select Important updates that improve computer security.
- To view the list of applications for which the search for updates is not performed, click Exclusions.
- If you want to install applications for the application from the list of exclusions, remove it from the exclusions list.
List of checked applications
Kaspersky Security Cloud detects and installs updates for known applications. Such applications are:
- 7-Zip Developers:
- 7-Zip
- Adobe Systems:
- Adobe Acrobat DC
- Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe AIR
- Adobe Flash Player
- Adobe Shockwave Player
- AIMPDevTeam:
- AIMP
- ALTAP:
- Altap Salamander
- Apache Software Foundation:
- Apache Tomcat
- Apple:
- Apple iTunes
- Apple iCloud
- Apple QuickTime
- Armory Technologies, Inc.:
- Armory
- Cerulean Studios:
- Trillian Basic
- Ciphrex Corporation:
- mSIGNA
- Code Sector:
- TeraCopy
- David Carpenter:
- Everything
- DbVis Software AB:
- DbVisualizer
- Decentral.ca:
- Jaxx
- Codec Guide:
- K-Lite Codec Pack Basic
- K-Lite Codec Pack Full
- K-Lite Codec Pack Mega
- K-Lite Codec Pack Standard
- Decho Corp.:
- Mozy Enterprise
- Mozy Home
- Mozy Pro
- Dominik Reichl:
- KeePass Password Safe
- Don HO don.h@free.fr:
- Notepad++
- DoubleGIS:
- 2GIS
- Dropbox, Inc.:
- Dropbox
- EaseUs:
- EaseUS Todo Backup Free
- Electrum Technologies GmbH:
- Electrum
- Eric Lawrence:
- Fiddler
- Ethereum:
- Ethereum Wallet
- EverNote:
- EverNote
- Exodus Movement Inc:
- Exodus
- EZB Systems:
- UltraISO
- Far Manager:
- FAR Manager
- FastStone Soft:
- FastStone Image Viewer
- Foxit Corporation:
- Foxit Reader
- Foxit Reader Enterprise
- Free Download Manager.ORG:
- Free Download Manager
- GIMP project:
- GIMP
- GlavSoft LLC.:
- TightVNC
- GNU Project:
- Gpg4win
- Google:
- Google Backup and Sync
- Inkscape Project:
- Inkscape
- IrfanView:
- IrfanView
- JustSystems Corporation:
- Ichitaro
- LogMeIn, Inc.:
- LogMeIn
- Hamachi
- LogMeIn Rescue Technician Console
- RemotelyAnywhere Workstation Edition
- Martin Prikryl:
- WinSCP
- Mozilla Foundation:
- Mozilla SeaMonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird ESR
- Microsoft:
- Skype for Windows
- OpenOffice.org:
- OpenOffice.org
- Opera Software:
- Opera
- Oracle Corporation:
- Oracle Java JRE
- Oracle VirtualBox
- pdfforge GbR:
- PDFCreator
- Piriform:
- Ccleaner
- Defraggler
- Recuva
- Speccy
- Postgresql:
- PostgreSQL
- RealNetworks:
- RealPlayer
- RealTimes
- RealVNC:
- RealVNC Server
- RealVNC Viewer
- Simon Tatham:
- PuTTY
- sourceforge:
- Classic Shell
- Softland:
- FBackup
- Splashtop Inc.:
- Splashtop Streamer
- Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund, Florian Schmitz:
- CDBurnerXP
- Sublime HQ Pty Ltd:
- Sublime Text
- TeamViewer GmbH:
- TeamViewer Host
- TeamViewer
- Telegram Messenger LLP:
- Telegram Desktop
- The Document Foundation:
- LibreOffice
- LibreOffice HelpPack
- The Git Development Community:
- Git for Windows
- Git LFS
- The Pidgin developer community:
- Pidgin
- The qBittorrent project:
- qBittorrent
- TortoiseSVN Developers:
- TortoiseSVN
- UltraVNC:
- UltraVNC
- VideoLAN:
- VLC media player
- WhatsApp:
- WinRAR Developers:
- WinRAR
- WinZip:
- WinZip
- Wireshark Foundation:
- Wireshark
- Yahoo!:
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Yandex:
- Punto Switcher
- Yandex Online
Applications update issues
If the application failed to update, Kaspersky Security Cloud will notify you about it. For example, the update may fail due to Internet connection issues.
To eliminate the errors:
- Check the Internet connection.
- Log in as an administrator. You may not have sufficient permissions for installing updates.
- Close all running applications, as they may interfere with update installation.
- After installing updates, restart your computer. For installation of some updates, computer restart is required.