Updating and Uninstalling Dr.Web Security Space for mobile devices

Updating Dr.Web

Configuring automatic updates for Dr.Web installed from the Doctor Web website

If you have downloaded your Dr.Web from the Doctor Web website, you can enable notifications about availability of a new version. To do so:

1.On the Dr.Web main screen, tap Menu and select Settings.

2.On the Settings screen, tap Virus database update.

3.On the Virus database update screen, select the New app version check box.

If the check box is selected, Dr.Web checks for new versions every time virus databases get updated. If a new version is released, you will be prompted to download and install it.

Updating Dr.Web in Google Play manually

If your Google Play app is not configured to update installed apps automatically, you can update Dr.Web manually:

1.Open the Play Store app.

2.Tap your Google profile icon in the top-right corner of the screen.

3.Select Manage apps & device.

4.Select the Manage tab.

5.Tap the Updates available list and do one of the following:

•Select Dr.Web and then tap Update.

•Select the check box next to Dr.Web and tap the icon.

The app is found on the Updates available list only if a new version of Dr.Web has been released.

6.Dr.Web may require new permissions when it is updated. In this case, a notification asking to grant new permissions will appear.

Tap Accept to grant Dr.Web required permissions.

Tap Open to start using the app.

Updating Dr.Web in HUAWEI AppGallery

You can configure automatic update for applications installed from HUAWEI AppGallery (including Dr.Web). To do so, in the Manager tab of the HUAWEI AppGallery app, turn on the toggle Auto-update over Wi-Fi.

You can also update Dr.Web manually:

1.Open the HUAWEI AppGallery app and tap Manager.

2.Select Dr.Web on the list of installed apps and tap Update.

The Update option will not be available until a new version of Dr.Web is released.

3.Dr.Web may require new permissions when it is updated. In this case, a notification asking to grant new permissions will appear.

Tap Accept to grant Dr.Web required permissions.

Tap Open to start using the app.

Uninstalling Dr.Web

Dr.Web Anti-Theft is designed to complicate the process of deleting Dr.Web from your device. If Dr.Web Anti-Theft is configured on your device, disable it and remove Dr.Web from device administrators before deleting the app.

To uninstall Dr.Web

1.In your device settings, select Apps or Application manager.

2.Select Dr.Web on the list of installed apps and tap Uninstall.

Quarantine folder and log files are not deleted automatically. You can delete them manually from the Android/data/com.drweb/files folder in internal memory of your device .

On devices with Android 11.0 or later, logs are saved in Download/DrWeb.

Uninstalling Dr.Web through HUAWEI AppGallery

If you installed Dr.Web from HUAWEI AppGallery, you can uninstall the application by doing the following:

1.Open the HUAWEI AppGallery app.

2.Tap Manager.

3.On the next screen, tap Installation manager.

4.Select Dr.Web on the list of installed apps and tap Uninstall.

5.Confirm uninstallation.