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You can show the context menu by right-clicking a specific entry. The following options are available in the context
menu:
Filter records of the same type – After activating this filter, you will only see records of the same type
(diagnostics, warnings, ...).
Filter.../Find... – When enabled, a Log filtering window will pop up where you can define the filtering criteria.
Clear filter – Clears all filter settings (as described above).
Copy all – Copies information about all the records in the window.
Delete/Delete all – Deletes the selected record(s) or all the records displayed – this action requires administrator
privileges.
Export – Exports information about the record(s) in XML format.
Don't block similar events in the future – This option is visible in firewall log only. Adds an IDS exception from
selected activity to Personal firewall.
Scroll log – Leave this option enabled to auto scroll old logs and watch active logs in the Log files window.
4.6.1.1 Log maintenance
The Logging configuration of ESET Smart Security is accessible from the main program window. Click Setup > Enter
advanced setup... > Tools > Log files. The logs section is used to define how the logs will be managed. The program
automatically deletes older logs in order to save hard disk space. You can specify the following options for log files:
Minimum logging verbosity – Specifies the minimum verbosity level of events to be logged.
Diagnostic – Logs information needed to fine-tune the program and all records above.
Informative – Records informative messages, including successful update messages, plus all records above.
Warnings – Records critical errors and warning messages.
Errors – Errors such as "Error downloading file" and critical errors will be recorded.
Critical – Logs only critical errors (error starting Antivirus protection, Personal firewall, etc...).
Log entries older than the specified number of days in the Automatically delete records older than X days field will
automatically be deleted.
Optimize log files automatically – If checked, log files will be automatically be defragmented if the percentage is
higher than value specified in the If the number of unused records exceeds (%) field.
Click Optimize now to begin defragmenting the log files. All empty log entries are removed during this process,
which improves performance and log processing speed. This improvement can be observed especially if the logs
contain a large number of entries.
4.6.2 Scheduler
Scheduler manages and launches scheduled tasks with predefined configuration and properties.
The Scheduler can be accessed from the ESET Smart Security main program window by clicking Tools > Scheduler.
The Scheduler contains a list of all scheduled tasks and configuration properties such as the predefined date, time
and scanning profile used.
The Scheduler serves to schedule the following tasks: virus signature database update, scanning task, system
startup file check and log maintenance. You can add or delete tasks directly from the main Scheduler window (click
Add... or Delete at the bottom). Right click anywhere in the Scheduler window to perform the following actions:
display detailed information, perform the task immediately, add a new task, and delete an existing task. Use the
checkboxes at the beginning of each entry to activate/deactivate the tasks.