Whenever I visit the eset site after switching on my computer, I find that my virus definition version is a bit older than the one mentioned in the site. Though I connect to the internet, it does not get updated automatically before maybe an hour or so. If there is an emergency outbreak, has eset some system in place whereby these emergency updates are 'pushed through' at the earliest?
If you are with always on connection , make sure you check all these in Control Center->NOD32 System Tools->Scheduler/Planner
Another "thanks"! I didn't notice any reference to the checkbox in Blackspear's (quite excellent) settings guide. Perhaps this warrants inclusion.