Additional ThreatSense parameters

These settings are available for the Real-time file system protection only.

The probability of infection in newly-created or modified files is comparatively higher than in existing files. For this reason, the program checks these files with additional scanning parameters. ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS uses advanced heuristics, which can detect new threats before the detection engine update is released in combination with signature-based scanning methods.

In addition to newly-created files, scanning is also performed on Self-extracting archives (.sfx) and Runtime packers (internally compressed executable files). By default, archives are scanned up to the 10th nesting level, and are checked regardless of their actual size. To modify archive scan settings, deselect Default archive scan settings.