User Guide

Using the WinGuard Scanner
142 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
Configuring the Download Scan module
TheDownload Scan modulecan check filesyou downloadfrom
the Internet as you visit websites, FTP sites, and other Internet
sites. This module is also where you set the options you want to
use to respond to infected e-mail attachments you receive via
POP-3orSMTPe-mailclientprogramssuchasEudora,Netscape
Mail, or Microsoft Outlook Express. To activate this function,
you must also choose an appropriate mailsystem in the E-mail Scan module’s
Detection page. See“ChoosingDetectionoptions”onpage128for details.
Whenit findsavirus,themodulecanaskyou whatyou wantit to do,orit can
take a variety of automatic actions in response. You can have it report what it
has done either with an alert message when it takes the action or in a log file
youcanexamine atyourleisure.Itcaneven senda messageto the personwho
sent an infected e-mail message, which makes tracking the source of virus
infections relatively simple.
 NOTE: The Download Scan module will not appear in the WinGuard
Properties dialog box unless you used the Custom Setup option when
you installed Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus and specified that you wanted to
install the Internet Scan component.
Choosing Detection options
The Download Scan module initially assumes that you want it to scan for
viruseseachtimeyoudownloadanyfilesusceptibletovirusinfectionfromthe
Internet (Figure 4-25). These default options provide excellent security, but
your environment might require different settings.
Figure 4-25. Download Scan Properties dialog box - Detection page