Manual Scanning - F-SECURE ANTI-VIRUS LINUX SERVER SECURITY Administrator's Manual

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6.2.3

Manual Scanning

The manual scanning settings are used when you want to scan files or
directories for viruses manually and during the scheduled scanning.
If you have received a suspicious file, for example an executable or an
archive file via e-mail, it is always a good idea to scan it for viruses
manually.
By default, the archive scanning is disabled during the real-time
scan. The real-time scan scans the archive when it is extracted, but
if you copy or forward the archive without extracting it first, you
should manually scan the archive to make sure that it does not
contain any viruses.
To start the manual scan, select
malware in the basic mode. For more information, see
36.
Action on infection
Select the primary and secondary actions to take when a virus is found.
The secondary action takes place if the primary action cannot be
performed.
By default, the primary action for infections is Disinfect and secondary
action Rename. Choose one of the following actions:
Report and deny
access
Disinfect
Rename Renames the infected file removes its execute
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Displays and alerts about the found virus. No
other action is taken against the virus. View
Alerts to check security alerts. For more
information, see "Alerts", 38.
Disinfects viruses. Note that some viruses
cannot be disinfected.
permissions when a virus is found. Renamed
infected file stays on the computer, but it cannot
cause any damage.
The renamed file has .virus extension.
"Common Tasks",