Managing Realtime Protection; Turning File System Realtime Protection Off Temporarily - Symantec 10551441 - AntiVirus Corporate Edition User Manual

Using Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition

Managing Realtime Protection

File System Realtime Protection is your best defense against virus attack.
Whenever you access, copy, save, move, or open a file, Realtime
Protection scans the file to ensure that a virus has not attached itself.
To supplement File System Realtime Protection if you use a groupware
email client, Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition detects it at install and
includes Realtime Protection for email attachments as well. Protection is
provided for the following email clients:
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Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition scans only the attachments associated
with email. There is no need to scan the message itself.

Turning File System Realtime Protection off temporarily

Every time you start your computer, File System Realtime Protection makes
sure your computer is virus-free. Sometimes, however, you are told to
disable your anti-virus software when you are installing new computer
programs. In this case, disable File System Realtime Protection temporarily
and then turn it back on again.
To turn off File System Realtime Protection temporarily
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To turn on File System Realtime Protection
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In some configurations, the Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition icon is not
displayed on the taskbar in the lower-right corner of your Windows
Desktop.
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Lotus Notes 4.5x, 4.6, and 5.0
Microsoft Exchange 5.0 and 5.5, Microsoft Outlook 97,
Microsoft Outlook 98 (MAPI only, not Internet), and
Microsoft Outlook 2000
On the taskbar in the lower-right corner of the Windows Desktop,
right-click Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition, then uncheck
Enable File System Realtime Protection.
On the taskbar in the lower-right corner of the Windows Desktop,
right-click Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition, then check Enable
File System Realtime Protection.