Product guide

Scan Items tab
Configure detection options for the on-demand email scanner.
Option definitions
DefinitionOption
Messages to scan • All highlighted items — Scan selected email messages and folders.
• All messages in the Inbox folder — Scan all messages currently in the Inbox
folder and its subfolders.
• Scan unread messages only — Scan all unread messages currently in the
Inbox folder and its subfolders.
Attachments to scan • All file types — Scan all types of files, regardless of extension.
• Default + additional file types — Scan the default list of extensions plus any
additions you specify. The default list is defined by the current DAT file. Select
Default + additional file types, then enter file extensions separated by spaces
in the text box.
Also scan for macros in all attachments— If you selected Default +
additional file types, you can also search for known macro threats in all files.
• Specified file types — Create a list of user-specified extensions to be scanned.
You can also remove any extensions you added previously.
Select Specified file types, then enter file extensions separated by spaces in the
text box.
Artemis (Heuristic
network check for
suspicious files)
• Find unknown program threats and trojans — Use Artemis scanning to detect
executable files that have code resembling malware.
• Find unknown macro threats — Use Artemis scanning to detect unknown macro
viruses.
• Find attachments with multiple extensions — Treat attachments with multiple
extensions as a threat.
When you select this option, an Email Scan Warning dialog box appears. Click
OK to confirm your selection.
CAUTION: Failure to enable Artemis leaves your system unprotected from numerous
malware attacks.
Compressed files • Scan inside archives — Examine archive (compressed) files and their contents.
Although it provides better protection, scanning compressed files can increase the
time required to perform a scan.
• Decode MIME encoded files — Detect, decode, and scan Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (MIME) encoded files.
Detect unwanted programs — Enables the on-delivery email scanner to detect
potentially unwanted programs. The email scanner uses the information you configured
in the Unwanted Programs Policy to detect potentially unwanted programs.
See Restricting potentially unwanted programs for more information.
Unwanted programs
detection
Scan email message body — Scan the body of Microsoft Outlook email messages.Email message body (for
Microsoft Outlook only)
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