User Guide

User’s Guide 213
Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
• Configure the task. Select one of the tasks listed in theConsole window,
then click in the Console toolbar to display a property page for the Dr
Solomon’sAnti-Viruscomponentthatwillrunthetask.Howthisproperty
page looks depends on which Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus component you
run. To learn how to choose settings for the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
application, see “Configuring Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus application
options” on page 228.
• Copy a task. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window, then
choose Copy from the Edit menu, orclick in theConsole toolbar. This
copies the task to the Windows clipboard. Next, click inside the Console
window, then choose Paste fromthe Edit menuor click inthe Console
toolbar to paste a copy of the task to the Console list. Use this feature to
copy task settings for use as templates for similar tasks.
• Delete a task. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window, then
choose Delete from the Task menu, or click in the Console toolbar.
 NOTE: You can delete only tasks that you create—you may not
delete any of the tasks from the default set that come with the
Console. You can, however, disable any default task that you don’t
want to run. See “Enabling tasks” on page 223 for details.
• Start a task. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window, then
choose Start from the Task menu,or click in the Consoletoolbar.The
task you selected will start immediately and will run with the options
you’ve chosen. To enable the VShield scanner, select the VShield task,then
choose Enable from the Task menu. To start the scanner and load it into
memory, select the VShield task, then click in the Console toolbar.
• Stop a task. Select one of the tasks listed in the Console window, then
choose Stop Now from theTask menu, orclick in the Console toolbar.
To stop the VShield scanner, select the VShield task, then click in the
Console toolbar or choose Disable from the Task menu. To learn other
waystostopordisable the VShieldscanner, see“Disabling or stoppingthe
WinGuard scanner” on page 165.
• Connect to the Virus Information Library. Choose Virus List from the
View menu, or click in the Console toolbar. the Console will start your
preferred browser application and connect to the AVERT website. See
“Viewing virus information” on page 84 to learn more about what
information you’ll find in the library.
 NOTE: ToconnecttotheVirusInformationLibrary,youmusthave
an Internet connection and web browsing software available on
your computer.