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9.10. 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 for Tracking cookies
- (
on by default
):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
)
·
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.
·
Report enhanced set of Potentially Unwanted Programs
- (
off by default
):
mark to detect extended package of
spyware
: programs that are perfectly ok
