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<blockquote data-quote="Obsession" data-source="post: 1104392" data-attributes="member: 117396"><p>IMHO it's not bad that only on-execution scanning is done. What is malware supposed to do if it's lying around on the disk and never executed? I also always set Eset to on-execution. The speed is fantastic and so far I've never caught anything from it. What is the point of a scan that scans the same file again every time the machine accesses it? I know there are different opinions on this, but the danger is not as great as it is portrayed here, it only consists in the fact that you can copy the file. Files that you receive from strangers (or friends), for example on a USB stick, should be scanned beforehand anyway and not blindly executed. That is where the danger is greater, but in this case the problem is IN FRONT of the screen.</p><p></p><p>just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obsession, post: 1104392, member: 117396"] IMHO it's not bad that only on-execution scanning is done. What is malware supposed to do if it's lying around on the disk and never executed? I also always set Eset to on-execution. The speed is fantastic and so far I've never caught anything from it. What is the point of a scan that scans the same file again every time the machine accesses it? I know there are different opinions on this, but the danger is not as great as it is portrayed here, it only consists in the fact that you can copy the file. Files that you receive from strangers (or friends), for example on a USB stick, should be scanned beforehand anyway and not blindly executed. That is where the danger is greater, but in this case the problem is IN FRONT of the screen. just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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