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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.
·
Scan files on close
- (
on by default
): on-close scanning ensures that AVG
scans active objects (e.g. applications, documents …) when they are being
opened, and also when they are being closed; this feature helps you protect
your computer against some types of sophisticated virus.
·
Scan boot sector of removable media
- (
on by default
)
·
Use Heuristics
- (
on by default
):
heuristic analysis
will be used for detection (
dynamic emulation of the scanned object’s instructions in a virtual computer
environment
)
·
Auto-heal
- (
on by default
): any detected infection will be healed
automatically if there is a cure available
9.10.1. Advanced Settings
In the
Files scanned by the Resident Shield
dialog it is possible to configure which
files will be scanned (
by specific extensions
):
