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o Computer shutdown options - decide whether the computer should be shut down
automatically once the running scanning process is over. Having confirmed this
option (Shutdown computer upon scan completion), a new option activates that
allows the computer to shut down even if it is currently locked (Force shutdown if
computer is locked).
o File types for scanning - you should also decide whether you want to scan:
All file types with the option of defining exceptions from scanning by providing a
list of comma separated file extensions that should not be scanned;
Selected file types - you can specify that you want to scan only files that can be
infected (files that cannot get infected will not be scanned, for instance some
plain text files, or some other non-executable files), including media files (video,
audio files - if you leave this box unchecked, it will reduce the scanning time
even more, because these files are often quite large and are not too likely to be
infected by a virus). Again, you can specify by extensions which files should
always be scanned.
Optionally, you can decide you want to Scan files without extension - this
option is on by default, and it is recommended that you keep it so unless you
have a real reason to change it. Files with no extensions are rather suspicious
and should be scanned at all times.
Adjust how quickly Scan completes - you can use the slider to change the scanning
process priority. By default, this option value is set to the user sensitive level of automatic
resource usage. Alternatively, you can run the scanning process slower which means the
system resources load will be minimized (useful when you need to work on the computer
but you do not care so much how long the scanning takes), or faster with increased system
resources requirements (e.g. when the computer is temporarily unattended).
Set additional scan reports - the link opens a new Scan reports dialog where you can
select what types of possible findings should be reported: