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Scanning parameters
- in the list of scanning parameters you can switch on/
off specific parameters as needed:
o
Automatically heal/remove infection
(
on by default
) - if a virus is
identified during scanning it can be healed automatically if a cure is
available. If the infected file cannot be healed automatically, the infected
object will be moved to the
Virus Vault
.
o
Report Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware threats
(
on by
default
) - check to activate the
Anti-Spyware
engine, and scan for
spyware as well as for viruses.
Spyware
represents a questionable
malware category: even though it usually represents a security risk,
some of these programs can be installed intentionally. We recommend to
keep this feature activated as it increases your computer security.
o
Report enhanced set of Potentially Unwanted Programs
(
off by
default
) - mark to detect extended package of
spyware
: programs that
are perfectly ok and harmless when acquired from the manufacturer
directly, but can be misused for malicious purposes later. This is an
additional measure that increases your computer security even more,
however it can possibly block legal programs, and is therefore switched
off by default.
o
Scan for Tracking Cookies
(
off by default
) - this parameter of the
Anti-
Spyware
component defines that cookies should be detected; (
HTTP
cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific
information about users, such as site preferences or the contents of
their electronic shopping carts
).
o
Scan inside archives
(
off by default
) - this parameters defines that
scanning should check all files stored inside archives, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ...
o
Use Heuristics
(
on by default
) - heuristic analysis (
dynamic emulation
of the scanned object’s instructions in a virtual computer environment
)
will be one of the methods used for virus detection during scanning.
o
Scan system environment
(
on by default
) - scanning will also check
the system areas of your computer.
o
Enable thorough scanning
(
off by default
) - in specific situations (
suspicious of your computer being infected
) you may check this option
to activate the most thorough scanning algorithms that will scan even
those areas of your computer that can hardly get infected, just to be
absolutely sure. Remember though that this method is rather time
consuming.
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Additional scan settings
- the link opens a new
Additional scan settings
dialog where you can specify the following parameters:
