Task type

The configuration wizard is different for each Task type of a scheduled task. Type Task name and select your desired Task type from the drop-down menu:

•Run external application—Schedules the execution of an external application. You can use specific account to run the scheduled task as (Run task under specific account option).

•Log maintenance—Log files also contains leftovers from deleted records. This task optimizes records in log files on a regular basis to work effectively.

•System startup file check—Checks files that are allowed to run at system startup or login.

•Create a computer status snapshot—Creates an ESET SysInspector computer snapshot - gathers detailed information about system components (for example, drivers, applications) and assesses the risk level of each component.

•On-demand computer scan—Scan files and folders stored locally or on a network share (shared storage, such as NAS). Use specific account to run the scheduled task as (Run task under specific account option).

•Update—Schedules an update task to perform an update of detection engine and program modules.

•Regular database scan—Lets you schedule a Database scan and choose items that will be scanned. It is basically an On-demand database scan.

•Hyper-V scan—Schedules a scan of the virtual disks within Hyper-V.

To deactivate a task once it is created, click the switch next to Enabled. To activate the task later, click the check box in the Scheduler view. Click Next to proceed to the next step.