The NOD32 Control Center is the central management program of the NOD32 antivirus system. The system consists of the following threat protection modules:
AMON – the resident (running in operating memory at all times) or file system monitor. This program is the most crucial antivirus defense tool and should always be enabled.
NOD32 – (also referred to as the “on-demand” scanner) this is the scanner executed manually by the user, or automatically by the scheduler.
IMON (Internet MONitor) – this scanner provides the first line of defense by monitoring Internet traffic (POP3 protocol for e-mail and HTTP for files downloaded from the Internet via HTTP)
DMON (Document MONitor) – this scanner provides protection from macro viruses in MS Office documments, works with applications utilizing MS Antivirus API (e.g. MS Office 2000 and higher, Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher)
EMON (Email MONitor) – this scanner provides protection from email-borne viruses for MAPI compatible mail clients
The other Control Center sections are:
