User Guide

Using the WinGuard Scanner
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5. Click a different tab to change any of your Download Scan settings, or
click one of the icons along the side of the Download Scan Properties
dialog box to choose options for a different module.
To save your changes in the Download Scan module without closing its
dialog box, click Apply. To save your changes and close the dialog box,
click OK. To close the dialog box without saving your changes, click
Cancel.
 NOTE: Clicking Cancel will not undo any changes you already
saved by clicking Apply.
Configuring the Internet Filter module
Although both Java and ActiveX objects include safeguards
designed to preventharm toyour computer system, determined
programmershave developed objectsthat exploitarcane Javaor
ActiveX features to cause various sorts of harm to your system.
Dangerous objects suchas these can oftenlurk onwebsites untilyou visit and
downloadthemtoyoursystem,usuallywithoutrealizingthattheyexist.Most
browser software includes a feature that allows you to block Java applets or
ActiveX controls altogether, or to turn on security features that authenticate
objects before downloading them to your system. But these approaches can
deprive you of the interactive benefits of websites you visit by
indiscriminately blocking all objects, dangerous or not.
The Internet Filter module allows a more judicious approach. It uses an
up-to-date databaseof objects knownto cause harmto screen Java classesand
ActiveX controls you encounter as you browse.
Whenit findsavirus,themodulecanaskyou whatyou wantit to do,orit can
block the dangerous object or site automatically. You can have it report what
ithasdoneeitherwithanalertmessagewhenittakestheactionorinalogfile
you can examine at your leisure.
To choose your options, click the Internet Filter icon at the left side of the
WinGuard Properties dialog box to display the property pages for this
module.
 NOTE: The Internet Filter icon will not appearhere unless you used the
Custom Setup option to install the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus and
specifiedthat you wanted to install the Internet Scan component.