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3. Specify the types of files you want Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus to examine.
You can:
• Scan compressed files. Select the Compressed files checkbox to
have Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus look for viruses in compressed files
and file archives. Although it does give you better protection,
scanning compressed files can lengthen a scan operation.
To see a list of the types of files and archives that the application
scans, see
• Scan all files. Select the All Files checkbox to have the application
scan all of the files on the target you specified, whatever their
extensions.
NOTE: Dr Solomon's Software recommends that you choose
this option for your first scan operation, or periodically
thereafter, to ensure that your system is virus-free. You can
then limit the scope of later scan operations.
• Choose file types. Viruses cannot infect files that contain no
executable code, whether script, macro, or binary code. You can,
therefore, safely narrow the scope of your scan operations to those
files most susceptible to virus infection. To do so, click the Program
files only button.
To see or designate the file name extensions the application will
examine, click Extensions. This opens the Program File Extensions
dialog box. To learn about how to change the files listed there, see
"Adding file name extensions for scanning" on page
4. Click the Action tab to choose additional Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus
options.
To start a scan operation immediately with just the options you've
chosen, click Scan Now. To save your changes as default scan options,
choose Save As Default from the File menu or click New Scan. To save
your settings in a new file, choose Save Settings from the File menu,
name your file in the dialog box that appears, then click Save.
Choosing Action options
When Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus detects a virus, it can respond either by asking
you what it should do with the infected file, or by automatically taking an
action that you determine ahead of time. Use the Action property page to
specify which response options you want Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus to give you
when it finds a virus, or which actions you want it to take on its own.
Using the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application
"Current list of compressed files scanned" on page 318.
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