Real-time protection still scans flash drive even if Removable media is unchecked

Discussion in 'ESET Smart Security v3 Beta Forum' started by freesurfer, Sep 30, 2007.

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  1. freesurfer

    freesurfer Registered Member

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    Good day.

    In NOD32 Antivirus RC1, I unchecked the Removable media under Media to scan in Real-time file system protection but when I opened two usb flash drives on two different ports, it still scanned the drives (each flash drive has a malware file in a subfolder and was detected/deleted when I opened the subfolder). Should it not scan the flash drives?

    To be sure we (me and NOD32, we're pals :D ) are on the "same page" on what is a removable media, I clicked the Custom scan in its on-demand scan. When I selected Removable media under Scan targets, it correctly checked the usb flash drives.

    Is this a bug/oversight? Has it been reported? Has it been addressed? If not, any ideas what's going on?

    Regards
     
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    OMEGA_RAZER Registered Member

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    I don't know if this has anything to do with it but I have noticed in my own bios that some (my 2 sandisk cruzer micro and lexar secure II) show up as hard drives in the boot section of my bios... don't know if that would make a difference here or not though.
     
  3. freesurfer

    freesurfer Registered Member

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    Chances are it wouldn't have anything to do with the BIOS with regards to viewing the flash drives as hard drives. I could be wrong but it would seem logical for BIOS to treat the flash drives as hard drives if they were to be used as boot devices; otherwise, flash drives will be treated as removable medias.

    Also, chances are that the method used by the on-demand scanning to determine if a drive is removable or local would be the same method used by the Real-time file system protection. Given the problem I mentioned, I hope this warrants an investigation by the ESET development team.

    Regards.
     
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