McAfee dr solomon s anti-virus 8.5 User Guide
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Using Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus
Using the WinGuard scanner
The WinGuard scanner protects your system in the background, as you work
with your files, in order to prevent infection from viruses that arrive via floppy
disks, from your network, embedded in file attachments that come with e-mail
messages, or from your computer’s memory. The scanner starts when you
start your computer, and stays in memory until you shut down. The
WinGuard scanner also includes technology that guards against hostile Java
applets and ActiveX controls, and that keeps your computer from connecting
to dangerous Internet sites. Secure password protection for your configuration
options prevents others from making unauthorized changes.
with your files, in order to prevent infection from viruses that arrive via floppy
disks, from your network, embedded in file attachments that come with e-mail
messages, or from your computer’s memory. The scanner starts when you
start your computer, and stays in memory until you shut down. The
WinGuard scanner also includes technology that guards against hostile Java
applets and ActiveX controls, and that keeps your computer from connecting
to dangerous Internet sites. Secure password protection for your configuration
options prevents others from making unauthorized changes.
NOTE: In order for some WinGuard scanner features to become active,
you must do a custom installation of these modules: Download Scan and
Internet Filter.
Internet Filter.
To learn how to configure WinGuard properties and how to start and stop the
WinGuard scanner, see
WinGuard scanner, see
Chapter 4, “Using the WinGuard Scanner,”
in the Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus User’s Guide.
Using the Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus application
The Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus name applies both to the entire set of desktop
anti-virus program components described in the User’s Guide, and to a
particular component of that set: SCAN32.EXE, or the Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus application, which allows you to run “on-demand” scan
operations. “On demand” means that you as a user control when Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus starts and ends a scan operation, which targets it
examines, what it does when it finds a virus, or any other aspect of the
program’s operation. Other Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus components, by
contrast, operate automatically or according to a schedule you set. Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus originally consisted solely of an on-demand
scanner—features integrated into the program since then provide a cluster of
anti-virus functions that give you maximum protection against virus
infections and attacks from malicious software.
anti-virus program components described in the User’s Guide, and to a
particular component of that set: SCAN32.EXE, or the Dr Solomon’s
Anti-Virus application, which allows you to run “on-demand” scan
operations. “On demand” means that you as a user control when Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus starts and ends a scan operation, which targets it
examines, what it does when it finds a virus, or any other aspect of the
program’s operation. Other Dr Solomon’s Anti-Virus components, by
contrast, operate automatically or according to a schedule you set. Dr
Solomon’s Anti-Virus originally consisted solely of an on-demand
scanner—features integrated into the program since then provide a cluster of
anti-virus functions that give you maximum protection against virus
infections and attacks from malicious software.