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Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Microsoft NT Server
Figure 6. The
Ask user
dialog box
3.3.1.3.
Advanced scanning modes
3.3.1.3.1.
Scanning compound objects
You can enable advanced scanning modes to check for viruses in archives,
packed files, mail databases and plain mail formats (for details see Appendix
А
).
Scan compound files of the following types
– check this box to process
compound objects as folders containing a set of objects.
Sometimes the program is able to detect a virus in a compound file (archive, mail
database, plain mail file) but cannot remove it from the file. Therefore when you
run the program with the
Delete objects
or
Rename object
option button
selected its advisable that you check the
Scan compound files of the
following types
box and uncheck the
Enable delete or rename non-
disinfected compound files
box on the
Options
page. In this case, if there was
detected an infected compound file, the program will log this event but the file will
not be deleted or renamed. Later on you will be able to extract the object, check
it with your anti-virus program and delete the virus from extracted files.
If you check the
Enable delete or rename non-disinfected
compound files
check box, you can lose important data.
3.3.1.3.2.
Scanning archives and self-extracting files
Scanning archives for viruses is an extremely important task because a virus can
be stored in an archived file for several months or even years, causing no harm
to your computer. However, if activated, this virus can cause serious problems.
