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10.10. Resident Shield
The
Resident Shield
component performs live protection of files and folders against
viruses, spyware and other malware.
In the Resident Shield Settings dialog you can activate or deactivate the
Resident
Shield
protection completely by checking/unchecking the Enable Resident Shield
item (this option is switched on by default). In addition you can select which
Resident Shield
features should be activated:
Scan cookies - this parameter 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 Potentially Unwanted Programs - (switched on by default) scanning
for
potentially unwanted programs
(executable applications that can behave
as various types of spyware or adware)
Scan on process closing - on-close scanning ensures that AVG scans active
objects (e.g. applications, documents …) when they are being opened, and
