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5.
5.
5. Anti
Anti
Anti
Anti----Virus Scanner and
Virus Scanner and
Virus Scanner and
Virus Scanner and
Daemon Proces
Daemon Proces
Daemon Proces
Daemon Process: Using
s: Using
s: Using
s: Using
switches and profiles
switches and profiles
switches and profiles
switches and profiles
5.1. Scanning settings
What to check? Where to check? How to handle
infected objects?…
Prior to checking for viruses in your computer you must define:
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Location to be checked
: system sectors including: Boot Sector,
Master Boot Record, Partition Table; files on local, network and
external disks (floppy, LS-120, CD).
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The sector check function under your operating system may be not
available.
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Objects to be checked:
packed files, archives, mail databases,
local mail boxes of the most commonly used messaging
systems, files of various types.
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