A system, method and computer program product for testing scanner updates. Initially, a full-release scanner update is distributed from a server to a plurality of computers utilizing a network. A pre-release scanner update is also distributed from the server to the computers utilizing the network. The full-release scanner update is executed on the computers for security scanning. Further, the pre-release scanner update is executed on the computers for testing purposes. Results of the testing are transmitted from the computers to the server utilizing the network.