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· Report Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware Threats - this
parameter controls the
potentially unwanted programs
adware) and these can then be blocked, or removed;
· Report enhanced set of Potentially Unwanted Programs - this parameter
allows you box to detect extended package 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 can possibly block
legal programs, and is therefore switched off by default;
· Scan for Tracking Cookies - this parameter of the
defines 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 - this parameters defines that scanning should check all
files even those stored inside archives, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ...
· Use Heuristics - 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 - scanning will also check the system areas of
your computer.
Further you should decide whether you want to have scanned
· All file types with the possibility of defining exceptions from scanning by
providing a list of comma separated file extensions that should not be scanned;
· Selected file types - you can specify that you want to scan only files that
are possibly infectable (files that cannot get infected will not be scanned, for
instance some plain text files, or some other non-executable files), including
media files (video, audio files - if you leave this box unchecked, it will reduce
the scanning time even more, because these files are often quite large and
are not too likely to be infected by a virus). Again, you can specify by
extensions which files are those that should always be scanned.
· Optionally, you can decide you want to Scan files without extension - this
option is on by default, and it is recommended that you keep it so unless you
have a real reason to change it. Files with no extension are rather suspicious
and should be scanned at all times.
Scan process priority
Within the Scan process priority section you can further specify the desired scanning
speed dependent on system resource usage. By default, this option value is set to
the medium level of automatic resource usage. If you want the scanning to run faster,
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Anti-Virus functionality that allows
(executable files that can run as spyware or
detection of
Anti-Spyware component
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