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10.13. Resident Shield
The Resident Shield component performs live protection of files and folders against
viruses, spyware and other malware.
In the Resident Shield Settings dialog you can activate or deactivate the Resident
Shield protection completely by checking/unchecking the Enable Resident Shield
item (this option is switched on by default). In addition you can select which
Resident Shield features should be activated:
· Scan for Tracking cookies - this parameter defines 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)
· 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 to keep this feature activated as it
increases your computer security.