Detection engine (13.1 and later) (ESET)

Detection engine guards against malicious system attacks by controlling file, email and internet communication. For example, if an object classified as malware is detected, remediation will start. The detection engine can eliminate it by first blocking it and then cleaning, deleting or moving it to quarantine.

To configure the detection engine settings in detail, click Advanced Setup or press F5.

In this section:

•Real-time & Machine learning protection categories

•Malware scans

•Reporting setup

•Protection setup

Real-time & Machine learning protection categories

Real-time & Machine learning protection for all protection modules (for example, Real-time file system protection, Web access protection, …) allows you to configure reporting and protection levels for the following categories:

•Malware – A computer virus is a piece of malicious code that is prepended or appended to existing files on your computer. However, the term “virus” is often misused. “Malware” (malicious software) is a more accurate term. Malware detection is performed by the detection engine module combined with the machine learning component. Read more about these types of applications in the Glossary.

•Potentially unwanted applications – Grayware or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) is a broad category of software, whose intent is not as unequivocally malicious as other types of malware, such as viruses or trojan horses. However, it could install additional unwanted software, change the behavior of the digital device, or perform activities not approved or expected by the user. Read more about these types of applications in the Glossary.

•Suspicious applications – include programs compressed with packers or protectors. These types of protectors are often exploited by malware authors to evade detection.

•Potentially unsafe applications – Refers to legitimate commercial software that has the potential to be misused for malicious purposes. Examples of potentially unsafe applications (PUAs) include remote access tools, password-cracking applications, and keyloggers (programs recording each keystroke typed by a user). Read more about these types of applications in the Glossary.

Malware scans

Scanner settings can be configured separately for the real-time scanner and the on-demand scanner. By default, Use real-time protection settings is enabled. When enabled, relevant On-demand scan settings are inherited from the Real-time & Machine Learning protection section.

Reporting setup

When a detection occurs (e.g., a threat is found and classified as malware), information is recorded to the Detections log, and Desktop notifications occur if configured in ESET Smart Security Premium.

A reporting threshold is configured for each category (referred to as “CATEGORY”):

1.Malware

2.Potentially unwanted applications

3.Potentially unsafe

4.Suspicious applications

Reporting is performed with the detection engine, including the machine learning component. It is possible to set a higher reporting threshold than the current protection threshold. These reporting settings do not influence blocking, cleaning or deleting objects.

Read the following before modifying a threshold (or level) for CATEGORY reporting:

 Availability of ESET Smart Security Premium protection modules

 Determine product version, program module versions and build dates

Keynotes

Several keynotes when setting up an appropriate threshold for your environment:

•The Balanced threshold is recommended for most of the setups.

•The Cautious threshold represents a comparable level of protection from previous versions of ESET Smart Security Premium (13.0 and below). This is recommended for environments where the priority focuses on minimizing false identified objects by security software.

•The higher reporting threshold, the higher detection rate but a higher chance of falsely identified objects.

•From the real-world perspective, there is no guaranty of a 100% detection rate as well as a 0% chance to avoid incorrect categorization of clean objects as malware.

•Keep ESET Smart Security Premium and its modules up-to-date to maximize the balance between performance and accuracy of detection rates and the number of falsely reported objects.

Protection setup

If an object classified as CATEGORY is reported, the program blocks the object and then cleans, deletes or moves it to Quarantine.

Read the following before modifying a threshold (or level) for CATEGORY protection:

 Conversion table for ESET Smart Security Premium 13.0 and below

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