S C A N N E R
When you create a profile for your Scanner on the boot diskettes,
make sure to define
Yes
for the
UseMemoryFiles
parameter (for details
of this parameter see subchapter 5.4.2).
4.2. Searching for viruses and
deleting them
Actions to be taken regarding infected objects. Recom-
mendations. Messages generated by the anti-virus scan-
ner when it detected objects that are suspicious or infected
with a virus, and messages about a virus in your anti-
virus program.
4.2.1. Loading anti-virus scanner
When started, Scanner loads virus-definition databases. If the operation
was successful, you will see the following message at the bottom of your
screen:
Antiviral databases were loaded. Records: <NNNN>
where <NNNN> is the number of entries in the databases.
After this, the anti-virus scanner checks for viruses in itself (the
kavscan-
ner
executable module).
If your anti-virus scanner is infected with a virus,
the program will ask whether you want to disinfect the file. In this case,
if you have a virus-free installation copy of Scanner, it is advisable that
you delete the infected installation and reinstall Scanner on your com-
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