User Guide

User’s Guide 215
Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
• QuitDr Solomon’sAnti-Virus Console. ChooseExit fromthe Task menu
to quit the Console. If you have any tasks pending, you should minimize
the Console rather than quit. To learn how to start the Console again, see
“Starting the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Console” on page 210.
Working with default tasks
As soon asyou install DrSolomon’s Anti-Virus on yourcomputer and reboot,
VShield software will immediately begin scanning your system, using a
default configuration that provides you with a basic range of protection for
your system. The other tasks listed in the Console window also have default
configurationssetup,butthesetasksremaindormant until you activatethem.
See “Enabling tasks” on page 223 for details.
the Console comes with five default tasks. These are:
• VShield.ThistaskrunstheVShieldscanner.Bydefault,itruns
automaticallyassoonasyou start yourcomputer.You cannotschedulethe
VShield scanner to run any other time, but you can choose different scan
options. You may not rename or delete this task, but you can see statistics
from its most recent scan session, you canenable or disable it,and you can
open up the VShield properties dialog box to configure it.
See “Setting WinGuard scanner properties” on page 109 to learn which
options you have available.
• AutoUpgrade. This task allows you to schedule automatic program
upgrades for Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus These upgrades can consist of new
scanengine filesor otherfileupgrades.To get it to upgradeyour files,you
mustconfigurethistasktoconnecttoalocalnetworkserverorFTPsitethat
you designate, then you must schedule and activate it. You may not
rename or delete this task, but you can enable and disable it, schedule it,
configure it, and protect its settings with a password.
Tolearnhowtoscheduleandenablethistask,see“Enablingtasks”onpage
223. To learn how to configure this task to suit your needs, see Chapter 7,
“Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus.”
• AutoUpdate. This task allows you to schedule automatic virus definition
(.DAT) file updates. To get it to do so, you must configure the task to
connect to a server or File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site that you designate.
The task comes configured to connect to a Network Associates server, but
you may also set it to download files internally. You must also schedule
andactivatethetasktogetitto updateyourfiles.Inotherrespects,thistask
closely resembles the AutoUpgrade task.
Tolearnhowtoscheduleandenablethistask,see“Enablingtasks”onpage
223. To learn how to configure this task to suit your needs, see Chapter 7,
“Updating and Upgrading Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus.”