User Guide

Using the WinGuard Scanner
110 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Configuring the System Scan module
The WinGuard System Scan module is at the heart of the
WinGuard scanner. It scans files that come from any source,
including those that the other WinGuard modules direct to it
from Internet downloads and e-mail messages. The module can
check your system for viruses each time you open, run, copy, save, rename or
otherwise modify filesonyour hard disk,onanyremovable mediaattached to
your computer, or on network drives mapped to your system. It can also
detect viruses each time you read from or write to a floppy disk. As an
advancedoption,youcanactivateheuristicscanning,whichgivesthescanner
the capability to detect unidentified or unclassified viruses.
The module can take a variety of automatic actions to respond to any viruses
it finds, and can report what it has done either with an alert message when it
takes the action or in a log file you can examine at your leisure. You can also
setittoaskyouwhattodowhenitfindsavirus.
Elsewhere in this module, you can choose options that tell the WinGuard
scanner to display a state icon in the Windows taskbar that tells you at a
glance which, if any, WinGuard modules are active. Another option lets you
disable theSystem Scanmodule. Thisoption mightnot beavailable if you run
the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus in secure mode.
Tochooseyouroptions,clicktheSystem ScaniconattheleftsideoftheSystem
Scan Properties dialog box to display theproperty pagesfor this module. The
next sections describe each of the configuration options for this module.
Choosing Detection options
When you first activate it, the System Scan module initially assumes that you
wantittoscanforviruseseachtimeyouworkwithanyfilesusceptibletovirus
infection,whether onyourharddiskoronfloppydisks,andwhether youread
the file from or write the file to your hard disk. The module will also examine
compressed files by default, but will not use heuristic scanning unless you
activate it.
 NOTE: This property page will vary its appearance and have a different
option set, depending on which operating system your computer runs.
To modify these settings, follow these steps:
1. Verify that the Enable System Scan checkbox is selected.
Selecting this checkbox activates the remaining options in this property
page. Clear the checkbox to disable all configuration options in thispage
and to prevent the System Scan module from scanning your system.