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Additional scan settings - the link opens a new Computer shutdown options
dialog where you can decide whether the computer should be shut down
automatically once the running scanning process is over. Having confirmed this
option (Shutdown computer upon scan completion), a new option activates
that allows the computer to shut down even if it is currently locked (Force
shutdown is computer is locked).
Warning: These scan settings are identical to the parameters of a newly defined scan
- as described in the chapter
AVG Scanning / Scan scheduling/ How to Scan
.
Should you decide to change the default configuration of the Scan specific files or
folders you can then save your new setting as the default configuration to be used
for all further scans of specific files or folders. Also, this configuration will be used as
a template for all of your newly scheduled scans (
all customized scans are based on
the current configuration of the Scan of selected files or folders
).
11.3. Scanning in Windows Explorer
Besides the pre-defined scans launched for the entire computer or its selected areas,
AVG also offers the option of quick scanning of a specific object directly in the
Windows Explorer environment. If you want to open an unknown file and you cannot
be sure of its content, you may want to have it checked on demand. Follow these
steps:
