Scan profiles

There are 4 pre-defined scan profiles in ESET Small Business Security:

•Smart scan—This is the default advanced scanning profile. The Smart scan profile uses Smart Optimization technology, which excludes files that were found to be clean in a previous scan and have not been modified since that scan. This allows for lower scan times with a minimal impact to system security.

•Context menu scan—You can start an on-demand scan of any file from the context menu. The Context menu scan profile enables you to define a scan configuration that will be used when you trigger the scan this way.

•In-depth scan—The In-depth scan profile does not use Smart optimization by default, so no files are excluded from scanning using this profile.

•Computer scan—This is the default profile used in the standard computer scan.

Your preferred scan parameters can be saved for future scanning. We recommend that you create a different profile (with various scan targets, scan methods and other parameters) for each regularly used scan.

To create a new profile, open Advanced setup > Detection engine > Malware scans > On-demand scan > List of profiles > Edit. The Profile manager window includes the Selected profile drop-down menu that lists existing scan profiles and the option to create a new one. To help you create a scan profile to fit your needs, see ThreatSense for a description of each parameter of the scan setup.