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In addition, during an on-demand scan of the My Computer folder, the drive where Windows is
installed, or the Windows folder:
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Scan all cookies.
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Scan all registry keys.
At the start of an on-demand scan, all previous detections of potentially
unwanted programs are cleared from the Potentially Unwanted Program
Viewer.
Scheduled scans
Schedule an on-demand scan to occur at a specific date and time, either once or on a recurring basis.
For example, you might want to scan client computers at 11:00 P.M. each Saturday, when it is unlikely
to interfere with other processes running on client computers.
Configure scheduled scans by selecting policy options for virus and spyware protection. Scheduled
scans run on all computers using the policy.
Email scans
Email scans occur during on-access and on-demand scans.
A virus and spyware protection policy option lets you configure whether email is scanned before it
reaches a users' Inbox.
The default settings for email scanning are:
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Scan all email attachments when accessed and when saved to the hard drive, protecting the
computer from email infections.
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Scan email before placing it in a user's Inbox.
Spyware scans
Spyware scanning is a feature within virus and spyware protection that looks for and identifies
spyware indicators. Spyware scanning occurs:
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Whenever programs are installed or run, as part of on-access scans.
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During on-demand scans.
Virus and spyware protection policy options let you configure these spyware scanning features:
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Whether files are scanned for spyware.
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The types of spyware threats to detect.
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Approved programs that should not be detected as threats.
The default spyware-related settings are:
Using Virus and Spyware Protection
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