EAV 3.0 Tutorial - 15 Jan 2008

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Welcome to ESET NOD32 Antivirus, this is the EAV "Splash Screen" that first appears upon bootup of your system.


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Your “EAV Control Centre” is located in the “System Tray”, at the bottom right hand corner of your desktop.

Click on the green icon to bring up the “NOD32 Control Centre” or click on Start> All Programs> ESET> ESET NOD32 Antivirus> ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

1. Click on "Protection Status".

2. If EAV has been set up correctly and is fully up-to-date, then you will see "Maximum Protection" in Green.

3. This is the signature version number 2779, (20080109) = 2008 January 9th.

Please NOTE: this screenshot shows a virus signature update that is now OLD.

4. This is your license expiry date.


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1. Click on "Antivirus and antispyware".

2. This is the General overview of how EAV has been protecting your system.

3. This is a breakdown of how each EAV module has been protecting your system.


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1. Click on "Computer scan".

2. Click on "Custom scan...".


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1. Click on the drop down arrow in the "Scan targets" field.

2. Click on "Local drives".


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1. Click on "Setup".


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1, Click on "Objects".

2. Place a tick in "Email files".


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1, Click on "Options".

2. Place a tick in "Potentially unsafe applications".

WARNING: enabling this option might result in deletion of Remote Administrative Programs such as those used by Network Administrators.


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1. Click on "Cleaning".

2. Move the slider along to "Strict cleaning".

3. Click on "OK".


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1. Click on "Save".


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1. You will see the change in name to "By profile settings".

2. Click on "Scan".


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1. You will see the scan in progress.


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1. When the scan has completed, click on "OK".


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1. Click on "Update".

2. Click on "Username and Password setup".


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This is where you place a Username and Password AFTER installation or where a RENEWAL Username and Password are to be placed.

1. Place in the Username (UN) from your Reseller/Distributor or ESET email.

2. Place in the Password (PW) from your Reseller/Distributor or ESET email.



ONLY a Username and Password provided to you by ESET will work. These are NOT personalized entries created by you; you can NOT create your own UN and PW.



See HERE for instructions on how to enter a Username and Password correctly.



3. Click on “OK”.


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1. This is the virus signature version number.

2. This is the Date of the virus signature (20080109) = 2008 January 9th.

Please NOTE: this screenshot shows a virus signature update that is now OLD.

3. This is the last successful update of EAV virus signatures.

The Dates found in number 2 and 3 should be very close; usually within a day or two of each other.


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1. Click on "Setup".

2. Click on "Toggle advanced mode" or "Enter entire advanced setup tree".


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1. You may receive a warning window, if so, click on "Yes".


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1. Click on "Antivirus and antispyware".

2. Click on "Setup".


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1. Click on "Options".

2. Place a tick in "Potentially unsafe applications".


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1. Click on "Cleaning".

2. Move the slider along to "Strict cleaning".


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1. Click on "Other".

2. Place a tick in "Log all objects".

3. Click on "OK".


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REAL-TIME FILE SYSTEM PROTECTION

1. Click on "Real-time file system protection".

2. Click on "Setup".


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1. Click on "Objects".

2. You can place a tick in "Runtime packers", however enabling "Runtime packers" for "on-access" may cause a slow down, if you find this is the case, simply untick this box.

I have NOT added this setting in the XML file.


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1. Click on "Options".

2. You can place a tick in "Advanced heuristics", however WARNING: enabling "Advanced heuristics" for "on-access" may cause a slow down, if you find this is the case, simply untick this box.

I have NOT added this setting in the XML file.

3. Place a tick in "Potentially unsafe applications".


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