User Guide

Using the Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virusapplication
202 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
– Howmanyinfectedfilestheapplicationmovedtoaquarantine
folder.
– Your application settings.
Clear the checkbox to leave this information out of the log file.
• Date and time. Select this checkbox to have the log file record the
dateandtimeatwhichthesoftwarestartseachscanoperation.Clear
this checkbox to leave this information out of the log file.
• User name.Selectthischeckboxtohavethe logfilerecordthename
of the user logged into the workstation as the software starts each
scan operation. Clear this checkbox to leave this information out of
the log file.
5. Click the Exclusion tab to choose additional Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
configuration options.
To start a scan operation immediately with just the options you’ve
chosen, click Scan Now. To save your changes as default scan options,
choose Save As Default from the File menu orclick New Scan.Tosave
your 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 Exclusion options
Many of the files stored on your computer are not vulnerable to virus
infection. Scan operations that examine these files can take a long time and
produce few results. You can speed up scan operations by telling the Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus application to look only at susceptible file types (see
“Choosing Detection options” on page 190 for details), or you can tell the
application to ignore entire files or folders that you know cannot become
infected.
Once you scan your system thoroughly, you can exclude the files and folders
thatdo not change or that are not normally vulnerableto virus infection. You
can also rely on the VShield scanner to provide you with protection between
scheduled scan operations. Regular scan operations that examine all areas of
your computer, however, provide you with the best virus defense.
Topreventthe applicationfrom scanningfilesthatdonotgetinfected,youcan
identifywhichdisks,folders,orindividualfilesyou wanttoexcludefromscan
operations in an exclusion list. By default, the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
application does notscantheRecycleBinbecauseWindowswillnotrunitems
stored there. This item, therefore, will appear in the exclusion list when you
first open the window.