Installation manual

11. Hints & tips

11.1 Scheduler

ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security contain an integrated task scheduler which allows for scheduling regular

computer scans, updates, etc. All specified tasks are listed in the Scheduler.

Following types of tasks can be configured using ERA:

Run external application

Log maintenance

Computer scan

Create a computer status snapshot

Update

Automatic startup file check

In most cases, there is no need to configure a Run external application task. The task Automatic startup file check is

a default task and we recommend not changing its parameters. If no changes have been made after installation, ESET

NOD32 and ESET Smart Security contain two predefined tasks of this type. The first task checks system files at each user

logon, the second task does the same after a successful virus signature database update. From an administrator’s point of

view, the tasks Computer scan and Update are probably the most useful:

Computer scan

It provides regular antivirus scan (usually of local drives) on clients.

Update

This task is responsible for updating ESET client solutions. It is a predefined task and by default runs every 60 minutes.

Usually there is no reason to modify its parameters. The only exception is for notebooks, since their owners often

connect to the Internet outside of the local networks. In this case, the update task can be modified to use two update

profiles within one task. This will allow notebooks to update from the local Mirror server, as well as from ESET’s update

servers.

The Scheduler setup can also be found in the ESET Configuration Editor in ESET Smart Security / ESET NOD32 Antivirus >

ESET Kernel > Setup > Scheduler/Planner > Scheduler/Planner > Edit.

For more information see chapter ESET Configuration Editor .

The dialog window may contain existing tasks (click Edit to modify them) or it may be empty. It depends on whether you

have opened a configuration from a client (e.g., from a previously configured and working client) or opened a new file with

the default template containing no tasks.

Every new task is assigned an attribute ID. Default tasks have decimal IDs (1, 2, 3…) and custom tasks are assigned

hexadecimal keys (e.g., 4AE13D6C), which are automatically generated when creating a new task.

If the check box for a task is selected, it means that the task is active and that it will be performed on the given client.

The buttons in the Scheduled tasks window function in the following way:

Add – Adds a new task

Edit – Modifies selected tasks