Scan Methods Compared

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

Table 1. Conventional Scan and Smart Scan Compared
Basis of Comparison	Conventional Scan	Smart Scan
Availability	Available in this Apex One (Mac) version.	Available in this Apex One (Mac) version.
Scanning behavior	The conventional scan agent performs scanning on the local endpoint.	The smart scan 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 Mac Heuristic Pattern and Smart Scan Agent Pattern.	All components available on the update source, except the Virus Pattern and Spyware Active-monitoring Pattern.
Typical update source	Apex One (Mac) server	Apex One (Mac) server