User Guide

Creating and Configuring Scheduled Tasks
242 Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
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.
Eachentryin theexclusionlistdisplays thepathtotheitem,noteswhetherthe
applicationwillalsoexcludeanynestedfolderswithinthetarget,andexplains
whethertheapplicationwillexcludethe itemwhenitscansfiles,whenitscans
your hard disk boot sector, or both.
By default, you can exclude up to 100 unique scan targets. To change this
number, open the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus control panel, click the
Componentstab,thenenteranewfigureintheMaximum number of exclude
items text box. To learn more about how to use the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
controlpanel,see“UnderstandingtheDrSolomon’sAnti-Viruscontrolpanel”
on page 301.
To exclude files or folders from scan operations, follow these steps:
1. To startfromthe Console window, selectthe taskyou created in the task
list, then click in the Console toolbar.
2. The Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus Properties dialog box appears (see Figure
6-8 on page 229). Click the Exclusion tab to display the correct property
page. (Figure 6-15).