Scan Methods Compared Parent topic

The following table provides a comparison between the two scan methods:

Conventional Scan and Smart Scan Compared

Basis of Comparison
Conventional Scan
Smart Scan
Availability
Available in this OfficeScan version and all earlier OfficeScan versions
Available starting in OfficeScan 10
Scanning behavior
The conventional scan client performs scanning on the local computer.
  • The smart scan client performs scanning on the local computer.
  • If the client cannot determine the risk of the file during the scan, the client verifies the risk by sending a scan query to a smart protection source.
  • The client "caches" the scan query result to improve the scan performance.
Components in use and updated
All components available on the update source, except the Smart Scan Agent Pattern
All components available on the update source, except the Virus Pattern and Spyware Active-monitoring Pattern
Typical update source
OfficeScan server
OfficeScan server