Scan Methods Compared

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

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

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