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Automatic virus definitions update

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Hello,

When performing a full backup how does Acronis deal with an automatic virus definitions update , should we disable the automatic virus update before proceeding with the backup ?

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Berny, when you are creating a full backup, Acronis defaults to using the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to create a snapshot of the data being backed up, so in essence this is a snapshot of the system at that time regardless of what other activities may be ongoing and files updated etc.

If your antivirus installed new updates for definitions after the snapshot has been created then these will not be included in the backup data, but in reality this is no difference to doing a full backup today then updating any installed programs or data - such changes would only be picked up when the next backup task is executed.