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That seems to do the trick! 1. I edited the WTS task to wake the computer and launch an application in 10 minutes. 2. I edited the ESET schedule to start a scan in 15 minutes 3. Put the computer to sleep. Everything happened right on schedule. I thought ESET would show its GUI but that didn't happen. The scan was running in the background though and clicking the ESET desktop icon brought up the GUI with the scan in progress. That was a good learning lesson for me. Thanks for suggesting that!

Trying your suggestion. Got into Windows Task Scheduler and created a task to wake the computer at 7:50 pm each Saturday night and launch a program used infrequently. Then, using the ESET scheduler, I confirmed the scheduled smart scan to start weekly on Saturdays at 8:00 pm. The computer is set to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity so that shouldn't come into play.

That might work and sounds reasonable however, that may be a bit above my skill level. I am only slightly familiar with WTS. Still, I may dabble with that.

I would like to suggest ESET provide an option for a monthly scheduled scan.

I would like to suggest ESET provide the ability to wake the computer from sleep to conduct a scheduled scan. An in-depth scan on my machine takes 8+ hours and I would prefer to run it overnight when the computer is not being used and in sleep mode.

Thank you!

I found the answer in KB3207: "If the computer is in sleep mode or any other power-saving state, the scan will not occur. The computer must be fully powered on". Waking the machine from sleep would be a nice feature for a user to have. Is there a "Wish List" section in the forums?

When a product (e.g ESET) advertises it has "real-time protection" does this mean that the product examines downloaded files for malware before they are allowed to reach the computer or are they allowed to reach the computer and examined when first tried to execute?

It is quite possible that the computer was in "Sleep" mode, but not turned off. Does ESET wake the machine from Sleep mode?

I am a new user to ESET Smart Security Premium but have used various antivirus and internet security suites in the past. The version number is 17.0.15.0 on a Windows 10 desktop. I have set up a weekly scheduled scan using the Tools > Scheduler option. The scan should run every Saturday at 8:00 pm but does not. It has missed at least 2 run dates. The last run time remains blank and the next run time will advance by 7 days. I am able to manually run the scan by right-clicking the task. Does ESET use Windows Task Scheduler? If so, I can find no entry there relating to the scan. I have attached a couple screen shots.