Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition Administrator's Manual page 102

102 Scanning for viruses and other threats
Configuring Auto-Protect scans
11 In the Heuristic Scanning dialog box, select the setting that you want, and
then click OK.
12 In the Auto-Protect Advanced Options dialog box, under Additional
advanced options, if you want to change the current settings for floppy disk
scans, click Floppies.
13 In the Check Floppies dialog box, select one of the following:
Check floppies for
boot viruses upon
access
Do not check floppies
upon system
shutdown
14 Click OK.
15 In Windows 98 only, in the Auto-Protect Advanced Options dialog box, under
Additional advanced options, if you want to disable protection monitors for
virus-like activities, click Monitor.
Virus-like activities are activities that viruses perform when they attempt to
infect your files. Any of these activities might be legitimate depending on
your work context.
16 In the Monitor dialog box, to exclude activities from monitoring, select one
or more of the following:
Low-Level Format Of
Hard Disk
Write To Hard Disk
Boot Records
Write To Floppy Disk
Boot Records
Symantec AntiVirus scans the floppy disk in the floppy drive
for boot viruses when the drive is first accessed. When
Symantec AntiVirus finds a boot virus, select whether to clean
a virus from the boot record or leave it alone.
If you click Leave alone (log only), an alert is sent when a virus
is detected but no action is taken. Use this option if you want
to take direct control over the virus cleaning and handling
process. For example, after you receive the alert, you can
decide what course of action to take.
Symantec AntiVirus skips the scan of any floppy disk in the
floppy drive when the computer is shut down normally.
All information on the drive is erased and cannot be
recovered. This type of formatting is generally performed at
the factory only. If this activity is detected, it usually indicates
an unknown virus at work. This is not an option for NEC
PC98xx computers.
Very few programs write to hard disk boot records. If this
activity is detected, it could indicate an unknown virus at
work.
Only a few programs (such as the operating system Format
command) write to floppy disk boot records. If this activity is
detected, it could indicate an unknown virus at work.