1. ESET Smart Security
ESET Smart Security is the first representative of the new approach to
truly integrated computer security. It utilizes the speed and precision
of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, which is guaranteed by the most recent
version of the ThreatSense® scanning engine, combined with the
tailor‑made Personal firewall and Antispam modules. The result is
an intelligent system which is constantly on alert for attacks and
malicious software endangering your computer.
ESET Smart Security is not a clumsy conglomerate of various products
in one package, as oered by other vendors. It is the result of a
long‑term eort to combine maximum protection with minimum
system footprint. The advanced technologies based on artificial
intelligence are capable of proactively eliminating the penetration
of viruses, spyware, trojan horses, worms, adware, rootkits, and
other Internet‑borne attacks without hindering system performance
or disrupting your computer.
1.1 What’s new
The long‑time development experience of our experts is demonstrated
by the entirely new architecture of the ESET Smart Security program,
which guarantees maximum detection with minimum system
requirements. The complex security solution contains modules with
several advanced options. The following list oers you a brief overview
of these modules.
▪ Antivirus & antispyware
This module is built upon the ThreatSense® scanning core, which was
used for the first time in the award‑winning NOD 32 Antivirus system.
The ThreatSense® core is optimized and improved with the new ESET
Smart Security architecture.
Feature Description
Improved Cleaning
The antivirus system now intelligently cleans
and deletes most of the detected infiltrations
without requiring user intervention.
Background
Scanning Mode
Computer scanning can be launched in
the background without slowing down
performance.
Smaller Update Files
Core optimization processes keep the size of
update files smaller than in version 2.7. Also,
the protection of update files against damage
has been improved.
Popular EMail Client
Protection
It is now possible to scan incoming mail
not only in MS Outlook but also in Outlook
Express and Windows Mail.
Variety of Other
Minor Improvements
–
Direct access to file systems for high speed
and throughput.
–
Blocking access to infected files
– Optimization for the Windows Security
Center, including Vista.
▪ Personal firewall
The Personal firewall monitors all trac between a protected
computer and other computers in the network. ESET Personal firewall
contains advanced functions as listed below.
Feature Description
Low layer network
communication
scanning
Network communication scanning on the
Data Link Layer enables ESET Personal firewall
to overcome a variety of attacks that would
otherwise be undetectable.
IPv6 support
ESET Personal firewall displays IPv6 addresses
and allows users to create rules for them.
Executable file
monitoring
Monitoring changes in executable files in
order to overcome infection. It is possible to
allow file modification of signed applications.
File scanning
integrated with
HTTP and POP3
Integrated file scanning into the HTTP
and POP3 application protocols. Users are
protected when browsing the Internet or
downloading emails.
Intrusion Detection
System
Ability to recognize the character of network
communication and various types of network
attacks and an option to automatically ban
such communication.
Interactive,
Automatic or
Policy‑based mode
support
Users can select whether the firewall actions
will be executed automatically, or if they want
to set rules interactively. Communication in
policy‑based mode is handled according to
rules predefined by the user or the network
administrator.
Supersedes
Integrated Windows
Firewall
Supersedes the Integrated Windows Firewall,
it also interacts with the Windows Security
Center so the user is always informed about
his security status. ESET Smart Security
installation turns o the windows firewall by
default
▪ Antispam
ESET Antispam filters unsolicited email and therefore increases the
security and comfort of electronic communication.
Feature Description
Incoming Mail
Scoring
All Incoming mail is assigned a rating
ranging from 0 (a message is not spam) to
100 (a message is spam), and transferred
accordingly into the Junk Mail folder or into
a custom folder created by the user. Parallel
scanning of incoming emails is possible.
Supports a variety of
scanning techniques
–
Bayes analysis
– Rule‑based scanning
– Global fingerprint database check
Full integration with
email clients
Antispam protection is available to users
of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and
Windows Mail clients.
Manual spam
selection is available
There is an option to manually check /
uncheck email as spam.
1.2 System requirements
For seamless operation of ESET Smart Security and ESET Smart
Security Business Edition, the system should meet the following
hardware and software requirements:
ESET Smart Security:
Windows 2000, XP 400 MHz 32‑bit / 64‑bit (x86 / x64)
128 MB RAM of system memory
35 MB available space
Super VGA (800 × 600)
Windows Vista
1 GHz 32‑bit / 64‑bit (x86 / x64)
512 MB RAM of system memory
35 MB available space
Super VGA (800 × 600)
ESET Smart Security Business Edition:
Windows 2000,
2000 Server, XP, 2003
Server
400 MHz 32‑bit / 64‑bit (x86 / x64)
128 MB RAM of system memory
35 MB available space
Super VGA (800 × 600)
Windows Vista
1 GHz 32‑bit / 64‑bit (x86 / x64)
512 MB RAM of system memory
35 MB available space
Super VGA (800 × 600)
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