User Guide

User’s Guide 183
Using the Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virusapplication
Configuring the Dr Solomon’sAnti-VirusClassic
interface
For the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virusapplication to protect yoursystem, youmust
tell it:
• what you want it to scan
• what you want it to do if it finds a virus
• how it should let you know when it finds a virus
• whetheryouwantittokeeptrackofitsactions
A series of property pages in the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus window controls
theoptionsforeachtask—clickeachtabtosetuptheapplicationfor your task.
To give yourself more configuration options, move to the Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus Advanced interface. Choose Advanced from the Tools menu in
the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Classic window.
You can start a scan operation with the options you've chosen at any
point—simply clickScan Now. To save your changes as default scan options,
choose Save As Default from the File menu or click New Scan.Tosaveyour
settings in a new file, choose Save Settings from the File menu, name your
file in the dialog box that appears, then click Save.
The settings file you save will have your filename with a .VSC extension. To
learn how to use this file to start a Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus application scan
operation,see“Method 3: Startingascantaskfrom asettingsfile”onpage180.
Choosing Where & What options
DrSolomon’sAnti-Virusinitially assumes that youwantto scanyour C: drive
and all of its subfolders, and to restrict the files it scans only to those
susceptible to virus infection (Figure 5-6).
Figure 5-6. Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Classic window - Where & What page