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Figure 18. Selecting the file types scanned for viruses
Tip:
Do not forget that someone could send a virus to your computer with an
extension (e.g. .txt) that is actually an executable file renamed as a .txt file. If
you select
Scan Programs and documents (by extension)
, the scan would
skip such a file. If
Scan Programs and documents (by content)
is selected,
the extension is ignored, and analysis of the file headers will uncover that the
file is an .exe file. File Anti-Virus would thoroughly scan the file for viruses.
In the
Productivity
section, you can specify that only new and modified files
should be scanned for viruses. This mode noticeably reduces scan time and
increases the program’s performance speed. To select this mode, check
Scan new and changed files only
. This mode applies to both simple and
compound files.
In the
Compound Files
section, specify which compound files to scan for
viruses:
Scan archives
– scans .zip, .cab, .rar, and .arj archives
Scan installation packages
– scans self-extracting archives for viruses
Scan embedded OLE objects
– scans objects imbedded in files (for
example, Excel spreadsheets or macros imbedded in a Microsoft Word file,
email attachments, etc.)
