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• Choose file types for scanning. 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 sessions so
that the module examines only those files most susceptible to virus
infection.To do so, select the Program files only button.
To see or designate the file name extensions that the E-Mail Scan
module will examine, click Extensions to open the Program File
Extensions dialog box
Figure 4-20. Program File Extensions dialog box
See "Adding file name extensions for scanning" on page 287
"Current list of vulnerable file name extensions" on page 288
learn which file name extensions this module scans by default and
how to add to or change this list.
• Scan all files. Select the All files button to have the E-Mail Scan
module examine any file, whatever its extension, whenever you or
a system process modifies it in any way.
5. Turn on heuristic scanning. Click Advanced to open the Advanced Scan
Settings dialog box
Figure 4-21. Advanced Scan Settings dialog box
Heuristic scanning technology enables the E-Mail Scan module to
recognize new viruses based on their resemblance to similar viruses that
the module already knows.
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