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risk, some of these programs can be installed intentionally. We recommend that you keep
this feature activated as it increases your computer security.
Report enhanced set of Potentially Unwanted Programs (off by default): mark to detect
extended packages of spyware: programs that are perfectly ok and harmless when acquired
from the manufacturer directly, but can be misused for malicious purposes later. This is an
additional measure that increases your computer security even more, however it may block
legal programs, and is therefore switched off by default.
Scan for Tracking Cookies (off by default): this parameter of the Anti-Spyware component
specifies that cookies should be detected during scanning (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 (off by default): this parameter specifies that the scanning should
check all files even if these are packed inside some type of archive, e.g. ZIP, RAR, ...
Use Heuristics (on by default): 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 (on by default): scanning will also check the system areas of
your computer.
Enable thorough scanning (off by default) - in specific situations (suspicions about your
computer being infected) you may check this option to activate the most thorough scanning
algorithms that will scan even those areas of your computer that rarely get infected, just to
be absolutely sure. Remember though that this method is rather time-consuming.
Scan for rootkits (on by default): Anti-Rootkit scan searches your computer for possible
rootkits, i.e. programs and technologies that can cover malware activity in your computer. If
a rootkit is detected, this does not necessarily mean your computer is infected. In some
cases, specific drivers or sections of regular applications may be misleadingly detected as
rootkits.
Then you can change the scan configuration as follows:
Additional scan settings - the link opens a new Additional scan settings dialog where
you can specify the following parameters: