The Scorpion 1 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I'm using Smart Security 10.0.390 Would there be a marked disadvantage in protection if the 'advanced heuristics/dna signatures' function is disabled? I've heard somewhere that disabling this can help increase system speeds. Is this advisable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Valued Members cyberhash 164 Posted March 17, 2017 Most Valued Members Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Not worth the risk disabling it , and the benefits would be very minimal. Edited March 17, 2017 by cyberhash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorpion 1 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 OK. Thanks cyberhash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 4,488 Posted March 18, 2017 Administrators Share Posted March 18, 2017 Emulation has always adverse effect on performance and therefore Advanced heuristics is not used on file access by default. However, it's used for newly created or modified files as well as for executed files. Disabling it would substantially reduce protection capabilities as the vast majority of signatures is based on the results of emulation by advanced heuristics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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