User Guide

User’s Guide 119
Using the WinGuard Scanner
– Move file.Thisoptiontellsthemoduletomovetheinfectedfile
to a quarantine folder. The GUI version of the alert message
will display a Move file to button that allows you to locate a
quarantine folder to use.
– Stop access.Thisoptiontellsthemoduletopreventyouor
anyone else who tried tomodify this filefrom working with it
in any way at all.
– Exclude file. This option tells the module to skip the file
during this and later scan sessions.
– Continue access.Thisoptionleavesthefileintactandinits
original location on your computer and does not prevent you
from opening, copying, renaming, or otherwise modifying the
file in the future. Use this option only when you know
positively that the file the System Scan module flagged is not
infected. To preserve files as virus samples, Dr Solomon’s
Software recommends moving infected files to a quarantine
folder instead.
 NOTE:Theoptionisavailableonlyoncomputersthatrun
Windows 95 or Windows 98 and only when you choose
the BIOS prompt mode.
• Move infected files automatically. Choose this response to have
the module move infected files to a quarantine folder as soon as it
finds them.
Bydefault,themodulemovesthesefilestoafoldernamed\infected
located inthe DrSolomon’s Anti-Virus program directory. You can
enter a different name in the text box provided, or click Browse to
locate a suitable folder on your hard disk.
• Clean infected files automatically. Choosethisresponsetotell the
module to remove the virus code from the infected file assoon as it
findsit.Ifthemodulecannotremovethevirus,itwilldenyaccessto
the file and note the incident in its log file. See “Choosing Report
options” on page 122 for details.
• Delete infected files automatically. Choose thisoptiontohavethe
module delete every infected file it finds immediately. Be sure to
enablethe reportingfeaturesothatyouhave a recordof whichfiles
themoduledeleted.Youwillneedtorestoredeletedfilesfrom
backup copies. If the module cannot delete an infected file, it will
note the incident in its log file.