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    E S E T N O D 3 2 A N T I V I R U S 6 User Gu i de ( i nt e nded f or p rod uc t v ersi on 6.0 a nd hi g her) M i c rosof t Wi ndo w s 8 / 7 / V i st a / X P / Home Server 200 3 / Home Server 2011 C l i c k here to d ownl oa d the most rec ent versi on o f thi s do c um ent[...]

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    E S E T N O D 3 2 A N T I V I R U S C opyrig ht 20 13 by E SE T, spol. s r . o. E SE T NOD32 A n t iv irus was d ev elo p ed by E SET , sp o l. s r. o . For m o re info rm at io n visit w w w . eset.c o m. A ll r i g ht s r e ser ved . N o par t o f t his do cum ent at io n m ay be r ep rod u c e d , s t o red in a retrieval syst em o r t ra n sm i[...]

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    Conte n ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ESET NO D 3 2 An t i vi r u s 6 1. .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . 5 W ha t' s ne w 1 .1 .. . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. [...]

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    . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . .6 9 U ser I nt erfac e and app lica t io n usag e 5.6 . 2 . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. 69 P rogr am Con t rols 5.6 .[...]

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    5 1. E S E T N OD 3 2 A nt iv i r us 6 E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v i rus 6 represent s a new approac h to trul y int eg rat ed com p uter secu ri ty. T he most rec ent v ersi on of t he Thr ea t Sense® sc a nni ng eng i ne uti l i zes speed and p rec isi on t o keep y our c omput er sa f e. Th e resul t is a n in t el li g ent system t ha t is c o nst[...]

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    6 1 . 2 S y st e m r e qu i r e m e n t s For sea m l ess op era ti on of E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus, y our sy st em should meet the fol low i ng hardw a re a nd soft wa re requi rem ents: M ic r os oft ® Wi n dows® X P 4 0 0 MHz 3 2 -b it ( x86 ) / 64- bit ( x 6 4 ) 12 8 M B RA M o f syste m mem o ry 3 20 MB ava il abl e spac e Super V GA ( 80 0[...]

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    7 Fol low basic se cur i ty r ule s T hi s i s the m ost usef ul a nd most eff ec t ive rule o f al l – al w a ys b e ca uti ous. Today, m a ny i nf i lt rat i ons requi re user i ntervent ion i n o rder t o be ex ec ut ed a nd d i st ribut ed. If y ou are c aut ious whe n o peni ng new f i les, yo u wi ll save c o nsi dera ble t i me and eff ort[...]

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    8 2. I ns ta l l a ti o n T here a re several met ho ds for i nst al li ng E SET NOD 3 2 Anti v i rus on y our com puter . Insta ll a t i o n met ho ds ma y v ary dep ending on c o unt ry an d mea ns of dist ri buti on: L i ve i nst al le r ca n be do wn l oaded f rom t he E SE T w ebsi t e. The inst al l a ti o n p a c ka g e i s universa l for al[...]

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    9 2 . 2 O ffl i n e i n st a l l a t i on Once yo u la unch t he off li ne inst al l a ti o n (.m si ) p a c kage, the i nst al la ti on w i za rd w i ll g ui de y ou th roug h t he set up pro c ess. Fi rst , the p rog ram c hec ks to see i f a new er versi on of E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v ir us is a v ai l a ble. If a new er versi on i s found yo u w[...]

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    1 0 2. 2. 1 Ty p i ca l i n s ta ll a ti o n T yp i c al in st a ll at ion mode p rov i des c onf i g ura t ion o pti ons a pp ropria te f o r most users. These sett in g s p rov i de ex c el len t sec urit y , eas y setup and high system perform anc e. Typic al inst al l a t i o n mode i s the defa ult op t i o n and i s rec omm ended f or users w[...]

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    1 1 T he nex t i nsta ll a t i o n wi nd ow off ers the op t i o n to set a p as sw ord to p rote c t y our pro g ra m sett i ng s. Sel ect Pr otect con fi g ur at ion s e t ti ngs w it h a pas s wor d and enter y our passw o rd i nt o the th e Ne w pass w or d an d C on f i r m ne w pas s w ord fi el ds. T hi s p a ssw o rd wi l l b e req ui red t[...]

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    1 2 2 . 5 U pg r a di n g t o a m or e re c e n t v e r si on New versi ons o f E SET NO D3 2 A nt ivi rus ar e iss ued to i mpl emen t im p rov em ent s or f i x issue s tha t c annot b e resolved b y a ut oma ti c up dat es t o prog ra m modules. Up g ra ding to a m ore rec ent v ersi o n ca n b e a c c o mpl ish ed i n sev era l w a ys: 1. Autom[...]

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    1 3 3 . B e g i nne r ' s g ui d e T hi s c ha pter p rov i des a n in i t ia l ov ervi ew o f E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus a nd i t s b a si c set t i ng s. 3 . 1 I n t r odu c i n g u se r i n t e r fa c e d e si g n T he ma in p rog ram wi ndo w o f E SET NOD 3 2 Anti v i rus i s d i vided i nt o t w o m a i n sec t i o ns. The p ri m a ry w [...]

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    1 4 c hange th e sta tus of i nd ivi d ual mod ul es, c l ic k S etu p an d sel ec t th e d esi red mod ul e. T he red ic on si g na l s c ri ti ca l p rob l em s – ma x im um p rote c ti o n o f y our c omput er i s no t ensured. Po ssi ble reasons a re: Rea l-t i m e fi l e sy st em p rote c ti o n is disa b l ed Outdat ed v i rus si g na t ure[...]

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    1 5 3 . 2 U pdat e s Upd at i ng the virus signat ure d at aba se an d up dat ing prog ra m com p onents i s an im p orta nt par t o f p rotec t i ng y our system a g ai nst ma li c i ous code. Pay c a ref ul a t t enti on to the i r c onfi g ura t i o n and op era ti on. In the ma i n menu, c li c k Up date a nd t hen c l i ck Update vi ru s s ig [...]

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    1 6 4. Wo r k wi th E S E T NO D 3 2 A nti vi r us T he E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus setup o pti ons a l l o w y o u to adj ust the protec t i on level s of y our c o mput er. T he S etu p m enu cont ai ns fol l o w i ng: Com pu t e r W e b and Em ai l C l ic k any com ponent t o a djust t he advanc ed sett i ng s o f the c orrespond i ng p rote c t [...]

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    1 7 Com pu t e r > An t i v iru s an d antisp y w are > Docume nt pr otecti on > In tegr ate in to s y s tem ) . T o re-enabl e th e p rotec t i o n o f t he d i sa b le d sec uri ty c o mponent , cl i c k Disable d and then Enable . NOTE: When disa b l ing pro t ec ti o n usi ng thi s me t hod , al l d isa bled p ar t s o f p rote c t i o[...]

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    1 8 4. 1. 1 A n t iv i r u s an d an ti s p y w a r e Anti v i rus a nd ant i spy w a re pro t ec ti on g uards agai nst m a l ic i ous system a t t a c ks b y c ont rol l ing fi l e, ema i l and Interne t c o mm uni c a t ion. If a threa t wi th ma l i ci ous code is detec te d, th e A nti virus mod ul e c a n eli m i na te i t b y fi rst bloc ki [...]

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    1 9 B y d ef a ul t, Rea l-t i m e fi l e sy st em p rote c t ion la unc hes at system st a rt up and prov ides uni nt errupted sca nni ng . In speci a l c ases ( e.g ., i f ther e is a conf li c t wi th a not her rea l - ti me sc anner ) , rea l - ti me protec ti on c a n b e term i na t ed by d esel ec t i ng S ta r t R eal-t i me fil e s y s te [...]

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    20 requi rem ents. Whi l e the A dva n ced h eu ris ti cs o n e xe cuti n g f i les fro m re mov ab le me di a op t i on is ena b le d, i f y o u wi sh t o ex c lude so me removabl e medi a (U SB ) ports f rom bein g sc anned b y adv a nc ed heuri sti c s on fi l e ex ec ut i o n, cl i c k Exce pti on s . .. to op en the rem o vable medi a d ri ve [...]

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    21 4. 1. 1. 1. 4 Ch e c k i n g r e al -t i me p r o te c ti o n T o veri f y tha t rea l-t i m e p rot ec ti o n is w orki ng an d d et ec ti ng viruses , use a test f i le f rom ei ca r.c om. Thi s t est fi l e is a ha rm less f i le detec t a ble by a l l an t i vi rus p rog ram s. The f i le w a s cre a t ed by th e E I C AR c o mpa ny ( E urop[...]

  • Page 22

    22 targets d rop- d own men u and c li ck i ng S c an . See Sc a n p rog ress for more i nf orm a t i o n about the sca nni ng p roc ess. We rec o mm end tha t yo u run a com puter sca n at lea st o nc e a m onth. Sc a nni ng c a n b e conf igured as a schedul ed t a sk f rom Tools > S che du ler . 4. 1. 1. 2. 1 Cu s to m s can l au n c h e r If[...]

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    23 4. 1. 1. 2. 2 S ca n p r o g r e s s T he sc a n p rog ress wi nd ow show s the c urrent st at us of th e sca n and i nf o rm a t i o n about the number o f fi le s found t ha t c o nt a i n ma li c i o us code. NOTE: It i s norma l t ha t some fi l es, suc h as pass w ord p rotec t ed f i l es or f i l es being ex c l usivel y used b y the sy s[...]

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    24 4. 1. 1. 2. 3 S c an p r o f i le s Y our p ref erred sca n para me t ers c a n b e saved for f ut ure sc a nni ng . We rec o mm end tha t yo u crea te a d i f ferent p rofi le ( wi th vari ous sc a n ta rg et s, sca n met ho ds an d o t her para met ers) for ea c h reg ul a rl y used sc a n. T o c rea te a new profi le , o pen the A dv an c ed [...]

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    25 4. 1. 1. 4 Idle - s t at e s ca n n in g Idle sc anner c an be conf igured and enabl ed i n Ad v ance d se tup under C ompute r > An ti v i r u s an d an t i s pyw a r e > Idle- s tat e s c ann i ng . When the c omput er i s in idl e sta te , then a si l ent c omput er sc a n is p erf orm ed on al l loc al drives. See a l so Id le st at e [...]

  • Page 26

    26 Path – P at h to ex cl ud ed fi l es and fol d ers. Thr e a t – If the re is a nam e o f a thr ea t nex t t o a n ex cl uded f i le, i t mea ns tha t th e fi le is onl y ex cl uded f or the g iven t hrea t, not c o mpl etel y. If t ha t fi l e b ec omes inf ec t ed l a t er wi t h o t her ma l w a re, i t wi l l b e d ete c t ed by the ant i[...]

  • Page 27

    27 4. 1. 1. 6. 2 Op ti o n s Use the O ptions sec ti on to sel ec t th e met hod s used whe n sca nni ng the system f or i nfi lt ra t i o ns. The f ol l o wi ng o pti o ns a re ava il abl e: He ur istic s – A heuri st ic i s an a l g o ri t hm ana lyz ing the (m al i c i o us) ac ti vit y of prog ram s. T he ma in a dv a nt a g e is t he abi li [...]

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    28 4. 1. 1. 6. 5 L im i ts T he L im it s sec ti on al l ows y o u to sp ec if y t he ma x im um si z e of ob je c t s and level s of nest ed a rc hives to b e sc a nned: M aximum object s iz e – Defi nes the m a x i mum siz e o f o bjec ts to b e sc anned. The g i ven ant ivi rus modul e wi ll then sc an onl y ob jec t s sma ll er tha n t he si [...]

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    29 E ac h uses t he st a ndard cl ea ni ng level an d wi l l at tem pt to cl ea n the fi le a nd move it to Quar a nt ine or term ina te the c o nnec ti o n. A no t i f ic at ion w i ndow is d ispl ayed in the noti f i c at ion ar ea at th e b ott o m right c orner of t he scr een. For m ore inf orma ti o n about c l eani ng l ev el s and b eha vio[...]

  • Page 30

    3 0 4. 1. 1. 8 Do c u m e n t p r o t e c ti o n T he D ocum ent p rotec t i o n fea ture sc ans M i c roso f t O ff ic e d ocum ents before t hey ar e o pened, as wel l as fi l es do w nl o aded a ut oma ti c a l ly by Int ernet E x p l orer suc h as M i c ro soft A ct iveX ele m ent s. D oc um ent p rote c t i o n p rov i d es a l ayer o f protec[...]

  • Page 31

    3 1 4. 1. 2. 1 Fi lt e r in g r u le s T he Fi lt er d evic e a c cess w i nd ow d i spl a ys ex i st ing ex te nded rul es f or removabl e medi a. Ca tegor y – Removabl e medi a type ( C D /D V D/USB ...) . De scr ipti on – Fi l ter dev i c e rul es d esc ript ion. R i ghts – Asso c i at ed p erm i ssi o ns of g iven d evic es, th a t ma tc [...]

  • Page 32

    3 2 No te : Fi lt eri ng p ar a m et ers i n al l text f i elds are ha ndle d ca se-sensi t i v e a nd no w i l d ca rds ( * , ?) are sup po rt ed. They ha ve t o be wr i t ten ex a c t ly a s d el i v ered b y the v endo r. Cl i c k t he Popu l ate wi th con ne ct e d de v i ce par a m e t e r s .. . op t i o n to c ho ose/fi l l wi th removabl e [...]

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    3 3 If y ou sel ect As k as the defa ult a c ti o n, E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus w il l displ ay a d i a l og w i ndow every t i me an operat i on i s run. You c a n ch oose to De n y o r All ow the o perat i on. If y ou d o not c hoose a n ac t i on, an a c t ion wi l l b e sele c t ed based on t he pre- d ef i ned rules. T he Allow ac ces s to ano[...]

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    3 4 4 . 2 W e b a n d e m a i l Web and em a i l c onf i g ura ti o n ca n be found in t he S etu p pane by c l ic ki ng o n W eb an d e ma il . From here y ou c a n ac ce ss m ore d eta i l ed set ti ng s of the p rog ram . Int ernet c onnec ti v i t y i s a st a ndard fea ture for p ersona l com p ute rs. Unf ort una t el y , the Int ernet ha s b[...]

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    3 5 a re: Ne v e r – No ta g me ssa g es wi l l b e add ed at a l l. To infe c ted e m a il on l y – O nly messa g es c o nt a i ni ng ma li c i o us so f t w are w i l l be ma rked a s che c ked (def aul t) . To all scan n e d e ma il – The p rog ram wi l l append messa g es to al l sc anned ema il . A ppe n d n ote to the s u bject of r e c[...]

  • Page 36

    3 6 4. 2. 1. 2 IMA P, IMA PS s c an n e r T he Inter net Mess a g e A cc ess P rotoc o l (IM A P ) is anot her Int ernet pro t oc ol f o r ema il ret rieva l. IMAP has some a dv an t a g es ov er P O P 3 , e.g ., mul ti ple c li ent s ca n si mul ta neously connec t t o t he sa me ma il b ox an d ma int ai n messa g e st a te i nf orm a t i o n suc[...]

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    3 7 Us e POP3S pr otocol c h e ck i ng for s ele cted p or ts – Che c k t hi s op ti on t o ena b le PO P 3 S chec ki ng only for p orts defi ned i n Por t s u s ed by POP3 S pr otocol . Por ts u se d by POP3S pr otocol – A l i st of P O P 3 S po rt s to che c k ( 9 95 b y defa ult ) . 4. 2. 2 W e b a cc e s s p r o t e c ti o n Int ernet c onn[...]

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    3 8 4. 2. 2. 1. 1 A c ti v e mo de f o r we b br o ws e r s E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v i rus al so c onta i ns the Acti v e mode sub men u, whi c h d ef i nes t he che c kin g m od e for web b rowser s. Act ive mode i s usef ul b ec a use i t ex am ine s d at a t ra nsfer red f rom a pp l ic at ions a c cessi ng the Int ernet a s a wh ole , regardl es[...]

  • Page 39

    3 9 R e mov e / R emove al l – Cl ic k R emove t o delet e the sel ect ed add ress f rom t he l i st . To d el ete a l l addresses, sel ect R e mov e al l . Exp or t . .. – Sa ve a dd resses fr om t he cur rent l i st to a si mple text f i l e. 4. 2. 3 Pr o t o c o l fi lt e r in g Anti v i rus protec ti on for t he appl i c at ion pro t ocol s[...]

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    4 0 4. 2. 3 . 2 Ex cl u de d ap p l ic at i o n s T o ex c l ud e c o mm uni c a ti o n o f sp ec if ic net work-aw a re appl i c at ions fr om c ont ent fi lt eri ng , sel ec t t hem in t he l i st . HT T P / PO P 3 /I M AP c omm unic a t i o n o f t he sel ect ed appli c a t i o ns wi ll no t b e c heck ed f or t hrea ts. We rec o m m end usi ng [...]

  • Page 41

    4 1 4. 2. 3 . 3 Ex cl u de d IP addr e s s e s T he ent ri es i n the l ist w i l l be ex c l uded from the protoc o l cont ent f i l teri ng . HTT P /P O P 3 /IMAP com m uni ca ti on fr om/t o t he sel ec ted add resses w i ll not be c hec ked for t hrea ts. We rec o mm end usi ng thi s op t i o n o nl y for a dd resses tha t a re know n to b e tr[...]

  • Page 42

    4 2 4. 2. 3 . 4 SS L p r o t o co l c h e ck in g E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v i rus ena bles yo u to chec k pro t ocol s enc apsul at ed i n SSL pro t oc ol. You ca n use v a ri o us sca nni ng m od es for SSL pro t ec ted com m uni ca ti ons usi ng trus t ed c ert if ic a t es, unknow n ce rt i fi ca te s, or c ert if ic at es tha t a re ex c luded fr[...]

  • Page 43

    4 3 4. 2. 3 . 4 . 1. 2 Ex c lu de d ce r t if i ca te s T he E x cl ud ed c ert if ic at es sec t i on cont ai ns c ert if i c a tes t ha t are consi d ered sa f e. The cont ent of enc ry pted c o mm uni c a t ions uti l i zi ng the cer t i fi ca tes in t he li st wi ll no t b e chec ked f or threa ts. We recom mend onl y ex cl uding we b c erti fi[...]

  • Page 44

    4 4 NOTE: Po te nt i al phishi ng websi t es th a t have b een whi t el ist ed wi ll ex p ir e af ter sev era l hours b y defa ult . To al low a w ebsi t e p erm a nentl y , y ou c a n use t he URL a dd ress ma nagemen t tool . From t he Ad v ance d se tup (F 5) cl i c k W e b and e m a il > W eb acces s pr otecti on > UR L addr e s s manag e[...]

  • Page 45

    4 5 Las t su cc es s ful u pdate – The dat e of the la st upd at e. If y ou do not see a rec ent d at e, y our virus si g na ture dat abase m a y not b e cur rent . Vir u s sig n at u r e d at abase v e r s i on – The virus si g nat ure dat abas e number, whi c h is al so an a c ti v e li nk to E SE T’s w ebsi t e. Cl i c k i t to v i ew a l [...]

  • Page 46

    4 6 Important: Und er norma l c i rcum sta nc es, wh en up dat es a re d ownl oaded p roperl y the m essa g e Upd ate is n ot n e c e s s ar y – Viru s s ig natur e databa s e is u p to d at e wi l l appear in t he Upd ate wi ndo w . If t hi s i s no t the c ase, t he prog ra m is out o f dat e a nd more vulne ra ble to inf ec t i o n. P le a se [...]

  • Page 47

    4 7 4. 3 . 1 U p dat e s e t u p Upd at e setup op ti ons a re ava il abl e fr om th e Advance d s etu p t ree ( F 5 key) by c l ic ki ng Update > Update . Thi s sect i on spec i fi es upd at e so urc e i nf orma t i on, such a s the upd a t e servers and a ut henti c a t i o n d at a f or these servers. B y d ef a ul t, t he Upd ate s er v e r [...]

  • Page 48

    4 8 Pre- rel ea se upd at es (t he Pre -re leas e up date opti o n) are up d a t es wh i c h have g one th roug h t horoug h i nt erna l t est ing a nd wi l l b e g enera l l y ava il abl e soo n. You ca n b enef i t from enabl ing pre- rel ease upd a t es b y havi ng ac ce ss to the most rec ent detec t i o n met ho ds and fi x es. However, pre- r[...]

  • Page 49

    4 9 w i ll displ ay a not i f ic at ion. T he R egular ly che ck for l at e s t pr odu ct v er sion op t i on wi ll ena b le the R e g u la r c he ck i ng for la tes t pr od u ct v e r sion sc hed ul ed ta sk ( see Sc hed ul er ) . 4. 3 . 1. 2. 2 Pr o x y s e r v e r T o a c cess t he pro x y server set up op t i o ns for a g i ven upd a t e p rofi[...]

  • Page 50

    50 4. 3 . 1. 3 U p date r o l l bac k If y ou suspect t ha t a new up dat e of t he v i rus d a t a base and/or prog ra m modules ma y b e unsta b l e or c orrupt, yo u ca n rol l b ac k to the p revious versi on a nd disa b l e up dat es f or a set peri od o f ti me. Alt erna t i v el y, yo u c an ena ble previousl y disa b l ed upd at es if y ou [...]

  • Page 51

    51 4. 3 . 2 H o w t o cr e a te u p dat e t as k s Upd at es ca n be t ri g g ered ma nua l ly by c l ic ki ng Update v i ru s s ig natur e dat aba s e in t he prim ary wi nd ow displ ayed af ter c li ck i ng Upd at e from the m a i n men u. Upd at es ca n a l so b e run as sc hed ul ed t a sks. To conf igure a sche duled ta sk, cl i c k Tools >[...]

  • Page 52

    52 displ ayed af ter c li c ki ng thi s o pti on i s d esc ri b ed in the Submi ssi o n o f f il es f or ana lysi s sec t i o n. ES E T S y s R e s cue – L aun c hes t he E SE T SysResc ue c reat ion wi z a rd . No te : E SE T SysResc ue i s c urrent ly no t ava i la b l e in E SET NO D3 2 A nt i v i rus v ersi on 6. We rec o m m end th a t y ou [...]

  • Page 53

    53 4. 4. 1. 1 Lo g ma in t e n an ce T he L o g g in g c o nf i g ura ti o n o f E SET NOD 3 2 Anti v i rus i s ac c essi b l e from the m a i n pro g ra m wi nd ow. C l ic k S etu p > E n ter adv ance d se tup . . . > T oo ls > Log f il es . The l og s sec ti on is used to d efi ne ho w the l o g s w i ll be ma naged . The prog ram a ut o[...]

  • Page 54

    54 4 . D epend i ng o n the t i mi ng op ti on y ou c hoose i n the p revious st ep, o ne o f the f oll owi ng dia log wi nd ows w i ll be displ ayed : Once – The t a sk w i ll be p erf o rm ed at the pred ef i ned d at e a nd ti me . R e pe at e dly – The t a sk w i ll be perform ed a t the spec i fi ed t i me i nt erva l . Dail y – The t a [...]

  • Page 55

    55 4. 4. 4 Wa tc h a ct iv it y T o see the curr ent F i le s y ste m ac ti v i ty in g ra ph f orm, c li c k Tools > W at c h act iv it y . At th e b ott o m of t he g raph i s a t i mel ine whi ch records Fi le system ac t i v it y real - t i me b a sed on t he sel ec ted ti me span. T o cha ng e t he ti me span , cl i c k t he S tep : 1. .. o[...]

  • Page 56

    56 T he fol low ing ac t i o ns are a vai l a ble: Com par e – Com p ar es tw o ex ist i ng log s. Cre at e . .. – Cre a t es a new log. P l ea se wa i t unti l the E SE T SysInsp ec tor log is c o mpl ete ( S tat us shown as C rea ted) . De l e te – Rem oves sel ect ed log s from the l ist . Aft er ri g ht -cl i c kin g one o r more sel ec t[...]

  • Page 57

    57 yo u if fur t her i nf orm a t i o n is requi red for a na lysi s. P l ea se note t ha t y ou wi l l not rec eive a response from E SET unl ess m ore inf orma ti o n is needed. Sel ec t the Enable log g ing op t i on to crea te an event l o g t o rec o rd fi l e and sta ti st i c al i nf o rma t i on sub mi ssi ons. It ena ble s l o g g ing t o [...]

  • Page 58

    58 B y c l i ck i ng a g i ven a pp l i ca ti on at t he b ott om, th e fol low i ng inf orma ti on wi l l appear at the b ott o m of t he wi ndo w : Fi l e – L oca ti on of a n appli c a ti o n o n y our c omput er. Fi l e s i z e – Fi l e si z e in B ( by tes ) . Fi l e de scr i pti on – Fi le c ha rac te ri sti cs b ased o n the desc ri p [...]

  • Page 59

    59 Qu aran t ine w i ndow and sel ec t Quar a n ti n e . .. . R e s tor i ng fro m Quar a ntine Qua ra nti ned fi le s ca n a l so b e rest o red t o t hei r origi na l loc at ion. Use the R e stor e f ea ture f or t hi s purp ose, whi ch is a vai l a ble f rom the c ont ex t menu by ri g ht -cl i c ki ng a g iven fi l e in t he Quar a nt i ne w i [...]

  • Page 60

    6 0 4. 4. 10 A l e r ts an d n o t if i ca ti o n s E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v i rus supp orts sendi ng ema il s i f an event wi th t he sel ec ted v erbo si ty l evel o c c urs. C l ic k the S e n d e v e nt n otif i cat i on s by emai l ch ec kb ox to ena ble t hi s f ea t ure a nd ac t i vat e ema il noti fi c at ions. S M TP s e rver – T he SM T[...]

  • Page 61

    6 1 4. 4. 10. 1 Me s s ag e f o r m a t Here yo u ca n set up the f orma t of event messa g es t ha t are d is pla y ed on rem ote c o mput ers. T hrea t a l ert an d noti fi c a t i o n messa g es ha ve a p redefi ned d ef a ul t form at . We a dv is e agai nst cha ng ing t hi s form at . Howe ver, in some c irc ums t a nc es ( f o r ex am p l e, [...]

  • Page 62

    6 2 4. 4. 12 S y s t e m u p dat e s T he Wi ndows upd at e f ea ture i s an i mporta nt c o mponent of p rot ec ti ng users from ma li c i o us so f t w a re. For t hi s rea son, i t is v it a l to ins t a l l Mi c rosoft Wi nd ows upd at es as soon as t hey becom e ava il abl e. E SE T NO D 3 2 A nt i vir us noti fi es y o u a bo ut mi ssi ng up [...]

  • Page 63

    6 3 4. 5. 2 A l e r ts an d n o t if i cat i o n s T he Ale rts an d n oti f ic at ions sec ti on und er Us er inte r f ac e al low s y ou t o c onfi g ure how thr ea t al ert s and sy st em noti f i ca ti ons ( e.g. suc c essful upd a t e messa g es) are handl ed by E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus . You ca n a l so set displ ay t i m e and t he l evel [...]

  • Page 64

    6 4 4. 5. 5 Pro gr am m e n u Som e of the most im p orta nt setup o pti ons a nd fea tu res ar e ava i la b le in t he ma in p rog ram men u. Fre qu e ntl y u s e d – D i spl a ys th e most frequent ly used p ar t s o f E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus. Y ou ca n quic kl y ac c ess t hese f rom t he pro g ra m menu. Te mpor a r il y disable p ro tecti[...]

  • Page 65

    6 5 4. 5. 6 C o n te x t me n u T he cont ex t m enu is d ispl ayed af ter right-c li ck i ng an ob j ec t. T he men u li sts al l opti o ns ava i la b l e to p erf o rm o n the ob j ec t. It is po ssi b l e to int eg ra t e E SE T NOD 3 2 A nti virus c o nt rol ele m ent s in t o t he cont ex t me nu. More deta il ed set up op ti ons f or thi s f [...]

  • Page 66

    6 6 5. A d v a nc e d use r 5. 1 Pr ofi l e m an a g e r Pro f i l e ma na g er is used i n tw o p l a ces w i thi n E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v ir us – in t he C ompu ter s can sec t ion and in t he Upd at e sec ti on. Com pu t e r scan Y our p ref erred sca n para me t ers c a n b e saved for f ut ure sc a nni ng . We rec o mm end tha t yo u crea t[...]

  • Page 67

    6 7 5. 3 D i a g n ost ic s Dia g no st ic s prov ides appl i ca ti on c ra sh d um ps of E SE T 's processe s (e. g . e krn ) . If a n appli c a t ion cr a shes, a d ump wi ll b e g enera ted. Thi s ca n hel p dev el opers t o deb ug a nd fi x vari ous E SE T NO D 3 2 A nt i vir us p rob l ems. T w o dump t yp es are a vai l a ble: Com ple te[...]

  • Page 68

    6 8 5. 6 E S E T S y s I n spe c t or 5. 6. 1 In tr o du c ti o n to E S ET S y s In s p e c to r E SE T SysInsp ec tor is a n appl i c at ion tha t t ho roug hly inspec ts yo ur com p ute r and d is pla y s g a t hered d at a i n a c o mprehens i ve wa y . Inf orma ti on l i ke inst al l ed d ri v ers and appli c a t i o ns, net w ork conne c t i [...]

  • Page 69

    6 9 5. 6. 2 U s e r In te r f ac e an d ap p li ca ti o n u s ag e For c l ari ty the ma i n p rog ram w i nd ow is d ivi d ed int o four ma jor sec ti ons – P rog ram Cont rols l oc a t ed on t he top of t he m a i n p rog ra m w indow, Na v i g a t i on wi nd ow t o th e lef t, the Descr i p ti on w i ndow to the right a nd th e D et a i ls wi [...]

  • Page 70

    7 0 w i th. In "B a sic " mode, y ou have ac c ess to i nf orm a t i o n used t o f i nd solu t i ons for com mon p rob l em s in y our sy st em . In t he "M ed i um " m od e, the p rog ram d i sp l a ys l ess used d et a i ls. In "F ul l" mode, E SE T SysInsp ec tor d is pla y s al l t he i nform a t i o n need ed to [...]

  • Page 71

    7 1 i ts has h. Impor ta nt Regi s try Entr ies C ont a i ns a l ist of sel ect ed reg ist ry ent ri es wh i c h ar e o f t en rel at ed t o vari ous pro blem s w i th y our system l i ke t hose spec i fying st a rtup p rog ram s, browser hel p er o bjec t s (B HO ) , et c . In the Descr i p ti on w i ndow y ou ma y fi nd w hi ch f i les a re rel a[...]

  • Page 72

    7 2 Vie w C t rl + 5 view by vend or, al l vend ors C t rl + 6 view by vend or, o nl y Mi c rosoft C t rl + 7 view by vend or, al l other v endo rs C t rl + 3 displ ays f ul l deta il C t rl + 2 displ ays m edium deta il C t rl + 1 basi c d ispl ay B a c kSpac e m ov es one st ep bac k Spa c e m ov es one st ep f orwa rd C t rl + W ex pands tre e C[...]

  • Page 73

    7 3 m a rked b y a were present only in t he op ened l og and are m i ssing i n the ac ti ve one. Descr i p ti on of a l l sy m bo l s tha t c an b e d i spla y ed nex t to it ems: new val ue, no t p resent i n the previous l og tree struc tur e sec t i o n cont ai ns new v a l ues removed v a l ue, present in t he prev i o us log o nl y tree struc[...]

  • Page 74

    7 4 5. 6. 4 S e r v i ce S cr i p t Servi ce sc ript is a tool tha t prov i des hel p t o c ust o me rs tha t use E SE T SysInspec t or b y easi ly removi ng unwa nted o bjec t s f rom t he system . Servi ce sc ript ena bles t he user to ex p ort the ent ire E SE T SysInsp ec tor log, or i t s sel ec ted part s. A ft er ex p orti ng , y ou ca n m a[...]

  • Page 75

    7 5 E x am p l e: 0 2 ) L o a d e d m o d u l e s : - c : w i n d o w s s y s t e m 3 2 s v c h o s t . e x e - c : w i n d o w s s y s t e m 3 2 k e r n e l 3 2 . d l l + c : w i n d o w s s y s t e m 3 2 k h b e k h b . d l l - c : w i n d o w s s y s t e m 3 2 a d v a p i 3 2 . d l l [ . . . ] In thi s exam pl e the m od [...]

  • Page 76

    7 6 E x am p l e: 0 6 ) I m p o r t a n t r e g i s t r y e n t r i e s : * C a t e g o r y : S t a n d a r d A u t o s t a r t ( 3 i t e m s ) H K L M S O F T W A R E M i c r o s o f t W i n d o w s C u r r e n t V e r s i o n R u n - H o t K e y s C m d s = C : W i n d o w s s y s t e m 3 2 h k c m d . e x e - I g f x T r a y = C [...]

  • Page 77

    7 7 5. 6. 4. 3 Ex e c u t i n g S e r v i ce s c r i p t s M a rk a l l d esi red it ems, then sa v e a nd c l o se the sc ript . Run the edit ed sc ri p t dire c t ly f rom t he E SE T SysInspec t or ma in w i nd ow b y sel ec ti ng the R u n S e rvi ce Sc r ipt op ti on f rom t he Fi le menu. When yo u o pen a scr i pt, the prog ra m wi l l promp[...]

  • Page 78

    7 8 W hat is A nti- S tealt h te chn olog y ? Anti - St eal th t ec hnolog y p rovides eff ec t i ve ro otk i t d et ec ti o n. If the system i s at ta ck ed by ma li c i o us code t ha t b eha ves a s a rootk i t , the user ma y b e ex p osed to d at a l o ss o r thef t. Wi thout a spec i a l an t i - ro otk i t tool , i t is a l most im p ossi bl[...]

  • Page 79

    7 9 5. 7 . 1 M in im u m r e qu ir e m e n ts E SE T SysResc ue work s in t he Mi c rosoft Wi nd ows P rei nsta l l a ti o n E nv i ronme nt (W i nd ows P E ) v ersi o n 2 .x , w hi ch i s b a sed on Wi nd ows V i sta . Wi nd ows PE is part of t he fre e Wi ndo w s A utom at ed Inst al la ti on Ki t ( Wi nd ows AIK) or Win do w s A ssesm ent and De[...]

  • Page 80

    8 0 5. 7 . 4 Se tt i n g s B ef o re ini t i at ing E SE T SysResc ue crea t i on, the i nsta ll w i za rd d ispl ays com pil a t i o n p ar a m et ers. T hese c an b e modif ie d b y c li ck i ng the Chan g e. .. b utt o n. The ava i l abl e o pti ons i nc lude: Fol d ers E SE T A nti virus Ad v a nc ed Int ernet protoc ol B oota b l e USB d evic [...]

  • Page 81

    8 1 i ntroduced int o the com pi l a t ion so y ou d o not need t o l ook f or it l a t er. 5. 7 . 4 . 4 In te r n e t p r o t o c o l T hi s sec t ion al l ows yo u to conf i g ure basi c net work i nf o rm a t i o n and set up p redefi ned c onnec t i o ns af ter runni ng E SET SysResc ue. Sel ec t Au t omat i c pr i v a te IP add r e ss to ob ta[...]

  • Page 82

    8 2 5. 7 . 5. 1 U s i n g ES E T S y s R e s c u e Suppose th a t com pute rs in the net work ha ve b een i nf ect ed b y a v i rus whi c h modif ie s ex ecut a ble ( .ex e) f il es. E SE T Sec uri ty solut i on i s c a pabl e of cl ea ning al l in f ec ted f i les except for ex plor e r .e xe , w hi ch c a nno t b e cl ean ed, even i n Sa fe m od [...]

  • Page 83

    8 3 /no- unsa fe do no t sca n f or p otent ia l l y unsa f e appl i c at ions ( defa ult ) /unw ant ed sc an for po t ent ia ll y unwa nte d appl i c at ions /no- unw a nt ed do no t sca n f or p otent ia l l y unw a nt ed a pp l i ca ti ons ( defa ul t ) /pat ter n use si g na t ures ( defa ul t ) /no- pat ter n do no t use si g na t ures /heur e[...]

  • Page 84

    8 4 6 . G l o ssa r y 6 . 1 T y pe s of i n fi l t r a t i on An Infi l t ra ti on is a piec e o f m a l ic i ous soft wa re tryi ng to ente r and/or dam age a user’s com puter . 6. 1. 1 V ir u s e s A com p ute r v i rus i s a piec e o f ma li ci ous c o d e tha t i s pre- pend ed o r appended t o ex i st ing fi l es on y our com puter . Vi ruse[...]

  • Page 85

    8 5 6. 1. 4 R o o t k i ts Rootk i ts ar e ma li c i ous p rog ram s t ha t g rant Int ernet a t t a c kers unl i m i ted a c cess to a sy st em , whi l e c once a l ing th ei r presenc e. Rootk i ts, a f t er ac c essi ng a sy st em (usua l l y ex ploi ti ng a system vulner a bil i t y), use fu nc ti o ns in t he op era t i ng system t o a vo i d [...]

  • Page 86

    8 6 6. 1. 8 Po t e n ti al l y u n s af e ap p li c at io n s T here a re ma ny legit i m a t e p rog ra ms whose func t i o n is t o si m pl i f y th e admi ni st rat ion of net w o rked c o mput ers. Howe ver, in t he wrong ha nds, t hey ma y b e m i sused for ma li c i ous p urpo ses. E SE T NO D3 2 A nt i v ir us p rov i d es t he op ti on t o [...]

  • Page 87

    8 7 6. 2. 2 H o ax e s A hoax is mi sinf orma ti on whi c h is sp rea d ac ross the Int ernet . Ho a x es are usua ll y sent via em a i l or c omm uni c a ti o n tool s l ike ICQ and Skype. Th e messa g e i t self i s oft en a j o ke or Urban L eg end. C omput er V i rus hoaxes t ry to g enera te fe a r, unc ert ai nty and d oub t ( FU D) i n the r[...]