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Scanning properties

In this section, you can specify how the e-mail messages will be scanned:

Use Heuristics (on by default) - check to use the heuristics detection method when

scanning e-mail messages. When this option is on, you can filter e-mail attachments not

only by the extension but the actual contents of the attachment will also be considered.

The filtering can be set in the Mail Filtering dialog.

Report Potentially Unwanted Programs and Spyware threats (on by default) - check to

activate the Anti-Spyware engine, and scan for spyware as well as for viruses. Spyware

represents a questionable malware category: even though it usually represents a security

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 inside archives (on by default) - check to scan contents of archives attached to e-

mail messages.

Enable thorough scanning (off by default) - in specific situations (e.g. suspicions of your

computer being infected by an virus or attack) you may check this option to activate the

most thorough scanning algorithms that will scan even those areas of your computer that

hardly ever get infected, just to be absolutely sure. Remember though that this method is

rather time-consuming.

E-mail attachments reporting

In this section, you can set additional reports about potentially dangerous or suspicious files. Please

note that no warning dialog will be displayed; a certification text will only be added to the end of the

e-mail message, and all such reports will be listed in the E-mail Scanner detection dialog:

Report password protected archives – archives (ZIP, RAR etc.) that are protected by

password cannot be scanned for viruses; check the box to report these as potentially

dangerous.

Report password protected documents – documents protected by password cannot be

scanned for viruses; check the box to report these as potentially dangerous.

Report files containing macro – a macro is a predefined sequence of steps aimed to

make certain tasks easier for a user (MS Word macros are widely known). As such, a

macro can contain potentially dangerous instructions, and you might like to check the box

to ensure that files with macros will be reported as suspicious.

Report hidden extensions – a hidden extension can make e.g. a suspicious executable