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Using Internet Explorer browser only, go to ESET Online Scanner website:

• Accept the Terms of Use and press Start button;
  
• Approve the install of the required ActiveX Control, then follow on-screen instructions;
  
• Enable (check) the Remove found threats option, and run the scan.
  
• After the scan completes, the Details tab in the Results window will display what was found and removed.
  • A logfile is created and located at C:\Program Files\EsetOnlineScanner\log.txt.
  Look at contents of this file using Notepad or Wordpad.
  
  The Frequently Asked Questions for ESET Online Scanner can be viewed here
  http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/cac4.php?page=faq
  
  Notes: My thanks to Bill Castner for pointing out the following:
  
  • From ESET Tech Support: If you have ESET NOD32 installed, you should disable it prior to running this scanner. Otherwise the scan will take twice as long to do: everytime the ESET online scanner opens a file on your computer to scan it, NOD32 on your machine will rescan the file as a result.
    
  • It is emphasized to temporarily disable any pc-resident {active} antivirus program prior to any on-line scan by any on-line scanner. (And the prompt re-enabling when finished.)
    
  • If you use Firefox, you have to install IETab, an add-on. This is to enable ActiveX support.

~ Maurice Naggar

More info/links:

ESET Online Scanner (released from beta on 06 Aug-07)
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
http://www.eset.eu/online-scanner

Requires IE6 SP1 or later; Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista. See http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/cac4.php ... quirements

Vista-compatible, provided you first start Internet Explorer as an Administrator. To do so, right-click on the Internet Explorer icon in the Start Menu and select "Run as administrator" from the popup context menu.

If you have other anti-virus, anti-spyware or anti-malware programs running on your computer, they may intercept the scan being performed by the ESET Online Scanner and slow it down. You may wish to disable the real-time protection components of your other security software before running the ESET Online Scanner. Remember to turn them back on after you are finished!

ESET Online Scanner: FAQ
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/cac4.php?page=faq

ESET Online Scanner: Help
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/cac4.php?page=help

After running the scan, you may uninstall ESET Online Scanner via Add/Remove Programs, if desired.