User Guide

Using the Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virusapplication
190 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
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
• whichitemsyoudon'twantittoscanforviruses
A series of property pages in the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus window controls
theoptionsforeachtask—clickeachtabtosetuptheapplicationfor your task.
To choose from a simpler set of configuration options, move to the Dr
Solomon’s Anti-VirusClassic interface.Choose Classic from the Tools menu
in the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Advanced window.
To protect the settings you've chosen from unauthorized changes, choose
Password Protect from the Tools menu to open the Password Protection
dialog box. To learn how to configure the settings for this dialog box, see
“Enabling password protection” on page 206.
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.
Choosing Detection options
DrSolomon’sAnti-Virusinitially assumesthatyouwantto scan allharddisks
on your computer, including those mapped from network drives, and to
restrict the files it scans only to those susceptible to virus infection (Figure
5-10).