User Guide

Using the WinGuard Scanner
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Tracking WinGuard software status information
Once you activate and configure the WinGuard scanner, it operates
continuously in the background, watching for and then scanning e-mail you
receive,filesyou runordownload,or Javaand ActiveXobjectsyouencounter.
To see a real-time summary of its progress:
1. Double-clicktheWinGuardsystemtrayicon toopentheStatusdialog
box.
2. Click the tab that corresponds to the program module whose progress
you want to check.
The information each module will report is:
• System Scan.Thismodulereportsthenumberoffilesithas
scanned, the number of infected files it found, and the number it
cleaned, moved or deleted.
• E-mailScan.This module reports thenumberoffiles itscanned,the
number of infections it found, and the number it moved or deleted.
• DownloadScan.Thismodulereportsthenumberoffilesitscanned,
the number of infections it found, and the number it moved or
deleted.
• InternetFilter.ThismodulereportsthenumberofJavaandActiveX
objects or Internet sites it has scanned and the number it has
“banned,” or kept you from encountering.
To see a short description of each of the items that appears in this page,
right click a figure or label, then choose What's This? from the shortcut
menu that appears, or click the ? button in the upper-right corner of the
dialog box, then click the item you want described.
If you have activated its reporting feature, the WinGuard scanner also
records the same information in the log file for each module.
Other functions available in this dialog box are:
• Enable or disable modules.Clickthetabthatcorrespondstotheprogram
component you want to enable or disable, then click Enable to start the
program component. Click Disable to disable it.
• Open the WinGuard Properties dialog box. Click the tab that
corresponds to the program component you want to configure, then click
Properties to open the WinGuard Properties dialog box for that module.