EAV 3.0 Tutorial - 15 Jan 2008

1. Click on "Active mode". This is where you can change the compatibility of your Web browser; only if the need arises.


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ON-DEMAND COMPUTER SCAN

1. Click on "On-demand computer scan".

2. Place a tick in "Scroll scan log".

3. Click on "Setup".


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1. Click on "Options".

2. Click on "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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1. Click on "On-demand computer scan".

2. Click on "Setup".


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1. In this case my "Scan targets" are my "Local drives": C.

2. Click on "OK".


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1. Click on "Exclusions".

2. Click on "Add".


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This is where you can "Add" exclusions to the On-demand scan.

1. Click on "Cancel".


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1. Click on "Protocol filtering".


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UPDATE

1. Click on "Update".

2. Click on "Setup".


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1. Click on the "Update mode" tab.

2. Click on the Radio button "Always update program components".


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1. Click on "HTTP Proxy" tab. This is where you can add in Proxy settings.


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1. Click on the "LAN" tab. This is normally set to "System account default".

2. Click on "OK".


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1. Click on "Tools".


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1. Click on "Log files". This is where you can adjust maintenance of Log files.


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1. Click on "Quarantine". EAV will rescan any Quarantine files after updating to new signatures.


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1. Click on "Scheduler".


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EMAIL NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIONS ETC

1. Click on "Alerts and notifications".

2. Place a tick in "Send notifications bu email".

Enter the following details:

3. SMTP Server = the SMTP Server that is used to send email. This is generally the same "Outgoing" Mail Server used to send email from your computer.

4. The Username for your SMTP Server. Some Outgoing SMTP Servers require authentication, if this is the case then enter this here.

5. The Password for your SMTP Server. Some Outgoing SMTP Servers require authentication, if this is the case then enter this here.

6. Sender Address = Who you want the email to come from.

7. Recipient address = the email address where you want to receive email notifications generated by EAV.


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1. Click on "Threatsense.Net".

2. Click on "Advanced setup".


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Threatsense - what information is sent? Answer and Answer

1. Click on the "Suspicious files" tab.

2. Click on the Radio button that says "Submit without asking".

3. Click on "As soon as possible".

4. As the information sent is anonymous, you may like to add your email address in “Contact email (optional)”, in case ESET would like to ask/advise you further about what EAV is sending.


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1. Click on the "Statistics" tab.

2. Click on the Radio button that says "As soon as possible".


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1. Click on the "Submission" tab.

2. Click on "OK".


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1. Click on "User interface".


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1. Click on "Alerts and notifications".

2. Click on "Configure notifications".


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