User manual

The Scan settings section offers a list of scanning parameters that can be optionally

switched on/off:

 Automatically heal/remove infection - if a virus is identified during

scanning it can be healed automatically if a cure is available. If the infected

file cannot be healed automatically, or if you decide to switch off this option,

you will be notified upon a virus detection and will have to decide what to do

with the detected infection. The recommended method is to remove the

infected file to the Virus Vault;

 Scan Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware Threats - this

parameter controls the Anti-Virus functionality that allows detection of

potentially unwanted programs (executable files that can run as spyware or

adware) and these can then be blocked, or removed;

 Scan for Tracking Cookies - this parameter of the Anti-Spyware component

defines that cookies should be detected; (HTTP cookies are used for

authenticating, tracking, and maintaining specific information about users,

such as site preferences or the contents of their electronic shopping carts);

 Scan inside archives - this parameters defines that scanning should check

all files even those stored inside archives, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ...;

 Use Heuristics - heuristic analysis (dynamic emulation of the scanned object’

s instructions in a virtual computer environment) will be one of the methods

used for virus detection during scanning;

 Scan system environment - scanning will also check the system areas of

your computer;

 Scan for rootkits - unfortunately, this option is deactivated with AVG 8.5 Free

; if you are interested in further and extended functionality within AVG 8 full

products, please visit the AVG website (www.avg.com) for information on AVG

8 purchase options;

 Scan infectable files only - with this option switched on, files that cannot

get infected will not be scanned. These can be for instance some plain text

files, or some other non-executable files.

Scan process priority

Within the Scan process priority section you can further specify the desired

scanning speed dependent on system resource usage. By default, this option value is