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

Conventional Scan and Smart Scan Compared

Basis of Comparison
Conventional Scan
Smart Scan
Scanning behavior
The conventional scan Security Agent performs scanning on the local endpoint.
  • The smart scan Security Agent performs scanning on the local endpoint.
  • If the Security Agent cannot determine the risk of the file during the scan, the Security Agent verifies the risk by sending a scan query to a smart protection source.
  • The Security Agent "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
Trend Micro Apex One server
Trend Micro Apex One server