So why do we have a separate "scan" verses "clean?"

Correct. You win fist prize

 

Quote: There is an option on the clean button for each of the components, files, memory, boot record etc. for "no action." If this is what you select for the clean button then it will function exactly the same as the scan button.

So then where is that option for the clean button?

Because unless there is an option.. I suppose it would be very dangerous just to blindly clean what you don't even know yet, especially with all your heuristics set to deep?

 

As per screenshot

 

Humm.... so by the fact that you have it set to "files"
... this is what will take effect when the clean button is chosen?

How do you know that is linked to the clean button?

If you know by experience, I can take your word for it.. but its sure not explained anywhere?

 

Correct.

Because “Clean” uses “My Profile” settings.

They will be working on a new manual in the future.

Hope this help…

Cheers

 

ok... I hate to be redundant... but how do you know the clean button follows your profiles either?

The In-depth analysis has a profile of its own? so how do you know clean doesn't have its own profile?

maybe it will be in the manual..

 

What use would "My Profile" have unless it was reffering to "Clean", it is part of "My Profile".

As another way of confirming it, change the settings in My Profile to "No Action" and see for yourself.

Cheers

 

Exactly why I think the Scan and Clean functions should be kept separate.

My computer is used by several users (members of my family, including the kids). I have NOD carry out a scan of each user's folders whenever they log on, but if NOD were to detect a virus, I would not want them being offered multiple choices of what to do about it, as they might very likely choose the wrong one. Instead, NOD will report the infiltration to the log, which I check frequently, and even if I miss the log report I will get an email from NOD to inform me. I can then deal with the infection as _I_ wish, by running NOD in Clean mode under administrative privileges.

That's one of the things I really like about NOD. Its configurability makes it much better than most of the competition in a multi-user environment.

 

Well, when I just do a "scan" and right click, the only options I get are:
Clear log, Clean (greyed out) and Information.
Am I missing something here??

Cheers,

Trev.

 

OK I was missing something I test scanned (with a nastie) and the right click Clean option becomes enabled. Selecting Clean then opens up the window giving the options on what to do with the nastie.

Cheers,

Trev.

 

ah..... so now you tell me!

 

ROFLMAO, it does work, I can assure you

Cheers

 

Well when I ran scan and found 9 viruses on my dads computer... It was a bit tedious going through all the files and finding them in the log and then right clicking on them to choose what to do.

So I just ran clean and let it find it....

But it would be really slick if the clean feature would be tagged or tied to the scan results and simply zoom to every problem skipping everthing in between. That just makes more sense to me.... you scan it.. then you clean it!... why do we have to do a whole scan again

 

I just run a "Clean" every single time, it would be rare that I have ever run a "Scan", maybe once or twice...

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Yea.... so what good is the scan button?....I guess it none...

anyway..... here is a really nice article that sums up the good things of nod32, but warns its not really for beginners...

www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,978452,00.asp

 

your welcome.....

 

There are times when you may just want to run a scan to see what is picked up, and from there choose further actions, instead of running "Clean" which has preset actions in accordance to what you have chosen...

Hope this helps...

Cheers

 

As in so many other areas, I like the choice that NOD32 gives me here. I will run 'Clean' only if I know my system has been infected/compromised, so I prefer in the normal course of events to run a 'Scan'. As none of the machines and systems I have run in the past decade have been infected/compromised, I do not anticipate running Clean very often

 

Yes, but doesn't even in the "clean" mode it does the presets.... does that mean it does them and moves on or does it stop and ask if thats what you have it set to?.. I think it does?

so basically, if your the type of person that wants it to stop and ask you because you have your heuistics set high, then then scan is a waste of time... unless you want to set "clean" to clean and quaranteen so you can undo anything it does?.. which I don't prefer that either... nothing wrong with quaranteening however.

 

How exactly, do you run a scheduled "clean" scan? Is there a command line?

 

Found from post number 20 here

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