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executable files that can run as spyware or adware
) and these can then be
blocked, or removed;
·
Scan for Tracking Cookies
- this parameter of the
Anti-Spyware
component
defines that cookies should be detected; (
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
- this parameters defines that scanning should check all
files even those stored inside archives, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ...
·
Use Heuristics
- 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
- scanning will also check the system areas of
your computer.
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
Within the
Scan process priority
section you can further specify the desired scanning
speed dependent on system resource usage. By default, this option value is set to
the medium level of automatic resource usage. If you want the scanning to run faster,
it will take less time but system resources usage will increase significantly during the
