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5. Scanning
These days, the vast online world has become quite a dangerous place; unfortunately, not having to be careful
about which emails you open and which files you download on your computer is a thing of the past.
Sophisticated computer viruses roam the internet just waiting for the chance to infiltrate your system and
cause some serious damage. A virus scan is a tool that notifies you when something unsavory manages to
access your Mac.
The AVG AntiVirus for Mac offers you two a bit different scanning-based security features – the Mac
Scanner and the File Scanner.
5.1. Mac Scanner
This security feature enables you to scan the whole Mac. To start the scan, simply click the Scan Mac
button.
Please note that before scanning, you may want to adjust the Scanning preferences to include some filetypes
and locations in the scan, or the General preferences to remove any found threats automatically.
A running scan indicates its progress visually, and you can stop it any time by clicking Cancel button. Please
note that it will stop the scan completely, not pause it (it will not be possible to simply continue scanning from
that point later on). You can also click the Details button to view the detailed progress (names of files being
currently scanned and number of objects scanned so far). You can switch to the simple view at any time
simply by clicking the Back to Dashboard button.