Scheduler

ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security contain an integrated task scheduler which allows for scheduling regular computer scans, updates, etc. All specified tasks are listed in the Scheduler.

 

Following types of tasks can be configured using ERA:
 

· Run external application
· Log maintenance
· Computer scan
· Create a computer status snapshot
· Update
· Automatic startup file check

 

In most cases, there is no need to configure a Run external application task. The task Automatic startup file check is a default task and we recommend not changing its parameters. If no changes have been made after installation, ESET NOD32 and ESET Smart Security contain two predefined tasks of this type. The first task checks system files at each user logon, the second task does the same after a successful virus signature database update. From an administrator’s point of view, the tasks Computer scan and Update are probably the most useful:

 

· Computer scan
It provides regular antivirus scan (usually of local drives) on clients.
 
· Update
This task is responsible for updating ESET client solutions. It is a predefined task and by default runs every 60 minutes. Usually there is no reason to modify its parameters. The only exception is for notebooks, since their owners often connect to the Internet outside of the local networks. In this case, the update task can be modified to use two update profiles within one task. This will allow notebooks to update from the local Mirror server, as well as from ESET’s update servers.

 

The Scheduler setup can also be found in the ESET Configuration Editor in ESET Smart Security / ESET NOD32 Antivirus > ESET Kernel > Setup > Scheduler/Planner > Scheduler/Planner > Edit.

 

For more information see chapter ESET Configuration Editor.

 

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The dialog window may contain existing tasks (click Edit to modify them) or it may be empty. It depends on whether you have opened a configuration from a client (e.g., from a previously configured and working client) or opened a new file with the default template containing no tasks.

 

Every new task is assigned an attribute ID. Default tasks have decimal IDs (1, 2, 3…) and custom tasks are assigned hexadecimal keys (e.g., 4AE13D6C), which are automatically generated when creating a new task.

 

If the check box for a task is selected, it means that the task is active and that it will be performed on the given client.

 

The buttons in the Scheduled tasks window function in the following way:
 

· Add – Adds a new task
· Edit – Modifies selected tasks
· Change ID – Modifies ID of selected tasks
· Details – Summary information about the selected tasks
· Mark for deletion – Application of .xml file will remove tasks (with the same ID) selected by clicking this button from target clients.
· Remove from list – Deletes selected tasks from the list. Please note that tasks removed from the list in the.xml configuration will not be removed from target workstations.

 

When creating a new task (Add button) or when editing an existing one (Edit), you must specify when it will run. The task can repeat after a certain period of time (each day at 12, each Friday, etc.) or it can be triggered by an event (after a successful update, the first time the computer starts each day, etc.).

 

The last step of the task On-demand computer scans shows the special settings window, where you can define which configuration will be used for scanning – i.e., which scanning profile and scan targets will be used.

 

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The last step of the Update task specifies what update profiles will run within the given task. It is a predefined task and runs every 60 minutes by default. Usually there is no reason to modify its parameters. The only exception is for notebooks, since their owners also connect to the Internet from outside of company networks. The last dialog allows you to specify two different update profiles, covering updates either from a local server or from ESET’s update servers.

 

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