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·
Scan for Tracking Cookies
- (
switched on, by default
): this parameter of the
Anti-Spyware
component defines that cookies should be detected during
scanning; (
HTTP cookies are used for authenticating, tracking, and
maintaining specific information about users, such as site preferences or the
contents of their electronic shopping carts
)
·
Scan inside archives
- (
switched on, by default
): this parameter defines the
scanning should check all files even if they are stored inside an archive, e.g.
ZIP, RAR, ...
·
Use Heuristics
- (
switched on, by default
): heuristic analysis (
dynamic
emulation of the scanned object’s instructions in a virtual computer
environment
) will be one of the methods used for virus detection during
scanning;
·
Scan system environment
- (
switched on, by default
): scanning will also
check the system areas of your computer;
·
Scan for rootkits
- tick this item if you want to include the rootkit detection
into scanning of the entire computer. The rootkit detection is also available on
its own within the
Anti-Rootkit
component;
Further you should decide whether you want to have scanned
·
All file types
with the possibility of defining exceptions from scanning by
providing a list of comma separated (
having been saved, the commas change
into semicolons
) file extensions that should not be scanned;
·
Selected file types
- you can specify that you want to scan only files that
are possibly infectable (
files that cannot get infected will not be scanned, for
instance some plain text files, or some other non-executable files
), including
media files (
video, audio files - if you leave this box unchecked, it will reduce
the scanning time even more, because these files are often quite large and
are not too likely to be infected by a virus
). Again, you can specify by
extensions which files are those that should always be scanned.
·
Optionally, you can decide you want to
Scan files without extension
- this
option is on by default, and it is recommended that you keep it so unless you
have a real reason to change it. Files with no extension are rather suspicious
and should be scanned at all times.
Scan process priority
