IW_ESET_User 0 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I have set up a daily Smart Scan to check selected folders. It seems to be checking the same files every day, even though they have not been updated. I though the Smart Scan would ignore files if they had not been updated since the previous scan. The 'Preserve last access timestamp' setting is OFF. Should this be turned on? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,189 Posted February 28, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 28, 2017 What type of files is in that folder? If they are popular PE files (exe,dll,sys,ocx), they should be whitelisted and omitted from scanning as long as LiveGrid is enabled and working. Otherwise files will be rescanned after each update. The fact that files have not changed and were not detected does not make them 100% innocuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IW_ESET_User 0 Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Thanks for the reply. There are a combination of files: Program files .EXE .DLL Images .JPG .PNG Audio .WAV .SFZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,189 Posted February 28, 2017 Administrators Share Posted February 28, 2017 If those exe and dlls are not popular (e.g. system files), then it's normal if they are re-scanned after every update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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