Actions

On this page you can specify parameters that Scanner for Workstations is use for file checking on the protected station.

Scanner for Workstations can react to the following events:

•Infected—scanned file contains a known virus

•Suspicious—scanned file marked as suspicious

•Adware—scanned file contains an adware

•Dialers—scanned file contains a dialer

•Jokes—scanned file contains a joke program

•Riskware—scanned file contains a riskware

•Hacktools—scanned file contains a hacktool.

For these events, the following actions are allowed:

•Cure, move to quarantine if not cured—instructs to restore the original state of the object before infection. If the object is incurable, or the attempt of curing fails, this object is moved to quarantine. The action is available only for objects infected with a known virus that can be cured except for Trojan programs and files within complex objects.

•Cure, delete if not cured—instructs to restore the original state of the object before infection. If the object is incurable, or the attempt of curing fails, this object is deleted. The action is available only for objects infected with a known virus that can be cured except for Trojan programs and files within complex objects.

•Move to quarantine—this action moves a detected threat to the Quarantine that is isolated from the rest of the system.

•Delete—It is the most effective way to remove all types of threats. This action implies full deletion of a dangerous object.

•Report—notify user on a detected threat.

Also the following advanced parameters are presented:

•Automatically apply actions to threats—if the check box is cleared, Scanner for Workstations only notifies the user on threat detection and user must determine the necessary action for the file.

•Archives—instructs Scanner for Workstations to scan the contents of archives. If the check box is cleared, the archive file structure are scanned by Scanner for Workstations anyway, but enclosed files are excluded from scans.

•Email files—instructs Scanner for Workstations to scan the contents of email files (email messages, mailboxes, etc.). If the check box is cleared, the email file structure are scanned by Scanner for Workstations anyway, but enclosed files are excluded from scans.