ESET Endpoint Security and ESET Server Security

Each file detected by an ESET LiveGuard Advanced-through ESET Endpoint Security or ESET Server Security follows the submission process shown below. Use your policy settings to define security levels and cleaning actions for groups or single machines.

File analysis follows a four-step process:

1. File scanning

The file is downloaded from the internet, copied to the computer or created. Your ESET security product processes and scans the file.

2. File analysis

If the ESET product decides the file needs to be analyzed, it sends it for analysis. Four separate detection layers process the file and provide a result. The results are reported to ESET PROTECT On-Prem. If the analysis is not needed, the process ends.

3. Analysis results are shared

The results of the analysis are saved to a database in the ESET cloud. The database is synchronized every two minutes with ESET PROTECT On-Prem. All machines where ESET LiveGuard Advanced is active have up-to-date information from ESET cloud.

4. Evaluate local policy

Analysis results are also sent back to your ESET security product. Your ESET security product will choose whether to take no action, clean or delete the file based on the cleaning settings defined in your security policy.

•The detection threshold is set in your ESET Endpoint Security / ESET Server Security policy under Detection engine > Cloud-based protection > ESET LiveGuard Advanced > Detection threshold

•Action taken after a threat is detected is set in your ESET Endpoint Security / ESET Server Security policy under Detection engine > Cloud-based protection > ESET LiveGuard Advanced > Action after detection