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Scan settings

The Scan settings section offers a list of scanning parameters that can be optionally switched on/off:

Heal / remove virus infection without asking me (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.

Report Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware threats (on by default) - check to activate

scanning 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 that you keep this feature activated as it increases your computer

security.

Report enhanced set of Potentially Unwanted Programs (off by default) - mark to detect extended

packages 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 may block legal programs, and is

therefore switched off by default.

Scan for Tracking Cookies (off by default) - this parameter stipulates 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)

Scan inside archives (off by default) - this parameter stipulates that scanning should check all files

stored inside archives, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ...

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;

Scan system environment (on by default) - scanning will also check the system areas of your

computer.

Enable thorough scanning (off by default) - in specific situations (suspicions about 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 rarely get infected, just to be absolutely sure.

Remember though that this method is rather time-consuming.

Scan for rootkits (on by default) - Anti-Rootkit scan searches your computer for possible rootkits, i.

e. programs and technologies that can cover malware activity in your computer. If a rootkit is

detected, this does not necessarily mean your computer is infected. In some cases, specific drivers

or sections of regular applications may be misleadingly detected as rootkits.

You should also decide whether you want to scan

All file types with the option of defining exceptions from scanning by providing a list of comma

separated (after being saved, the commas change into semicolons) file extensions that should not be

scanned;

Selected file types - you can specify that you want to scan only files that can be infected (files that

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