User Guide

User’s Guide 35
About Dr Solomon’sAnti-Virus
• The E-Mail Scan extension. This component allows you to scan your
Microsoft Exchange or Outlook mailbox, or public folders to which you
have access, directly on the server. This invaluable “x-ray” peek into your
mailbox means that Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus can find potential infections
before theymake their way toyour desktop, which can stop aMelissa-like
virusinitstracks.See“Scanning MicrosoftExchange andOutlookmail”on
page 277 for details.
• A cc:Mail scanner. This component includes technology optimized for
scanning Lotus cc:Mail mailboxes that do not use the MAPI standard.
Install and use this component if your workgroup or network uses cc:Mail
v8.x or earlier. See “Choosing Detection options” on page 128 for details.
• The Alert Manager Client configuration utility. This componentletsyou
choose a destination for Alert Manager “events” that Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus generates when it detects a virus or takes other noteworthy
actions. You can also specify a destination directory for older-style
CentralizedAlertingmessages,orsupplementeithermethodwithDesktop
Management Interface (DMI) alerts sent via your DMI client software. See
“Using the Alert Manager Client Configuration utility” on page 306 for
details.
• The ScreenScan utility. This optionalcomponent scans your computeras
your screen saver runs during idle periods. See “Using the ScreenScan
utility” on page 294 for details.
• The SendVirus utility. This component gives you an easy and painless
way to submit files that you believe are infected directly to Dr Solomon’s
anti-virus researchers. A simple wizard guides you as you choose files to
submit, include contact details and, if you prefer, strip out any personal or
confidential data from document files. See “Using the SendVirus utility to
submit a file sample” on page 87 for details.
• The Emergency Disk creation utility. This essential utility helps you to
create a floppy disk that you can use to boot your computer into a
virus-free environment, then scan essential system areas to remove any
virusesthatcouldload atstartup. See “Using the EmergencyDisk Creation
utility” on page 57 for details.
• Command-line scanners.Thiscomponentconsistsof a setof full-featured
scanners you can use to run targeted scan operations from the MS-DOS
Prompt or Command Prompt windows, or fromprotected MS-DOS mode.
The set includes:
– FINDVIRU.EXE, a scannerfor 32-bit environments only. Thisis the
primary command-line interface. When you run this file, it first
checks its environment to see whether it can run by itself. If your
computer is running in 16-bit or protected mode, it will transfer
control to one of the other scanners.