The original scan time is quite long and even though 276,318 files were checked, the program only produced a scan rate of 58.5 files/s. Having initially scanned our 30GB test basket in 58 minutes, a second scan of the same file set took under a minute. Usability test resultsĮSET Smart Security 5 is intelligent enough to remember the files it has already checked. It's useful to have this information and you can look down the line of green ticks to make sure there's nothing the program thinks is untoward running on a system, but understanding what's being shown and being able to do anything about it are different matters. There's also SysInspector, which is an extensive reporting tool that can look at running processes, network connections, drivers and critical files, among other categories. The Tools panel offers a good array of extras, including statistics, activity watch and reputation information from ESET's live grid, which looks at the applications that users are running and reports any problems with particular ones.

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