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4.5.2 Alerts and notifications
The Alerts and notifications section under User interface allows you to configure how threat alerts and system
notifications (e.g. successful update messages) are handled by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. You can also set display time and
the level of transparency of system tray notifications ( applies only to the systems supporting system tray notifications).
Deselect the check box next to Display alerts to cancel all alert windows. This is only suitable in certain situations. For
most users we recommend that this option be left enabled (default).
Notifications on the Desktop are informative only, and do not require or offer user interaction. They are displayed in the
notification area at the bottom right corner of the screen. To activate Desktop notifications, select Display
notifications on desktop . More detailed options such as notification display time and window transparency can be
modified by clicking Configure notifications. To preview the behavior of notifications, click Preview. To suppress
notifications when running a full-screen application, select Do not display notifications when running applications in
full-screen mode.
To close pop-up windows automatically after a certain period of time, select Close message boxes automatically after
(sec.). If they are not closed manually, alert windows are automatically closed after the specified time period elapses.
Click Advanced setup to access additional Alerts and notification setup options.
4.5.2.1 Advanced setup
From the Minimum verbosity of events to display drop-down menu, you can select the starting severity level of
alerts and notification to be displayed.
Diagnostic – Logs information needed to fine-tune the program and all records above.
Informative – Records informative messages, including successful update messages, plus all records above.
Warnings – Records critical errors and warning messages.
Errors – Errors such as "Error downloading file" and critical errors will be recorded.
Critical – Logs only critical errors (error starting Antivirus protection, etc...).
The last feature in this section allows you to configure the destination of notifications in a multi-user environment. The
On multi-user systems, display notifications on the screen of this user field specifies a user who will receive system
and other notifications on systems allowing multiple users to connect at the same time. Normally, this would be a
system or network administrator. This option is especially useful for terminal servers, provided that all system
notifications are sent to the administrator.
4.5.3 Hidden notification windows
If Do not show this message again is selected for any notification window (alert) that was previously displayed that
notification, it will appear in the list of hidden notification windows. Actions that are now executed automatically are
displayed in the Confirm column.
Show – Shows a preview of notification windows that are currently not displayed and for which an automatic action is
configured.
Remove – Removes items from the Hidden messageboxes list. All notification windows removed from the list will be
displayed again.
4.5.4 Access setup
ESET NOD32 Antivirus settings are a crucial part of your security policy. Unauthorized modifications can potentially
endanger the stability and protection of your system. To password protect your setup parameters, from the main
menu click Setup > Enter advanced setup... > User interface > Access setup, select Password protect settings and
click Set password. Note that your password is case-sensitive.
Require full administrator rights for limited administrator accounts – Select this option to prompt the current user
(if he or she does not have administrator rights) to enter an administrator username and password when modifying
certain system parameters (similar to the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista and Windows 7). Such
modifications include disabling protection modules. On Windows XP systems where UAC is not running, users will
have the Require administrator rights (system without UAC support) option available.
Show protection timeout dialog – Selecting this option will cause a dialog window denoting the duration of time left
with protection disabled to be displayed any time that you temporarily disable protection from the program menu or in
the ESET NOD32 Antivirus > Setup section.