McAfee DR SOLOMON S ANTI-VIRUS 8.5 User Manual page 186

Using the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application
Follow these steps:
1. Click the Action tab in the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Classic window to
2. Choose a response from the When a virus is found list. The area
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display the correct property page
Figure 5-8. Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Classic window - Action page
immediately beneath the list will change to show you additional options
for each response. Your choices are:
• Prompt User for Action. Choose this response if you expect to be
at your computer when the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application
scans your disk—the application will display an alert message when
it finds a virus and offer you the full range of its available response
options.
• Move infected files automatically. Choose this response to have
the application move infected files to a quarantine folder as soon as
it finds them.
By default, the application moves these files to a folder named
Infected located in the Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus program directory.
You can enter a different name in the text box provided, or click
Browse to locate a suitable folder on your hard disk.
• Clean infected files automatically. Choose this response to tell the
Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus application to remove the virus code from
the infected file as soon as it finds it. If the application cannot
remove the virus, it will note the incident in its log file. See
"Choosing Report options" on page 200
• Delete infected files automatically. Use this option to have the Dr
Solomon's Anti-Virus application delete every infected file it finds
immediately. Be sure to enable its reporting feature so that you have
a record of which files the application deleted. You will need to
restore deleted files from backup copies. If the application cannot
delete an infected file, it will note the incident in its log file.
(Figure 5-8).
for details.