AVG 9 ANTI VIRUS PLUS FIREWALL, User Manual

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Use Heuristics – check to use heuristics detection method when
scanning e-mail messages. When this option is on, you can filter e-mail
attachments not only by extension but also the actual contents of the
attachment will be considered. The filtering can be set in the
Mail
Filtering dialog.
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Report Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware threats - ( on
by default ): check to activate the Anti-Spyware engine, and scan for
spyware as well as for viruses. Spyware represents a questionable
malware category: even though it usually represents a security risk,
some of these programs can be installed intentionally. We recommend to
keep this feature activated as it increases your computer security.
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Report enhanced set of Potentially Unwanted Programs - mark 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.
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Scan inside archives – check to scan contents of archives attached to
e-mail messages.
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E-mail attachments reporting - in this section, you can set additional
reports about potentially dangerous or suspicious files. Please note that no
warning dialog will be displayed, only a certification text will be added to the
end of the e-mail message, and all such reports will be listed in the
E-mail
Scanner detection dialog:
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Report password protected archives – archives (ZIP, RAR etc.) that
are protected by password are not possible to scan for viruses; check
the box to report these as potentially dangerous.
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Report password protected documents – documents protected by
password are not possible to scan for viruses; check the box to report
these as potentially dangerous.
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Report files containing macros – a macro is a predefined sequence of
steps aimed to make certain tasks easier for a user (MS Word macros are
widely known). As such, a macro can contain potentially dangerous
instructions, and you might like to check the box to ensure that files with
macros will be reported as suspicious.
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Report hidden extensions – hidden extension can make e.g. a
suspicious executable file "something.txt.exe" appear as harmless plain
text file "something.txt"; check the box to report these as potentially
dangerous.
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Move reported attachments to Virus Vault - specify whether you wish
to be notified via e-mail about password protected archives, password
protected documents, macro containing files and/or files with hidden