User guide

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VirusScan
®
8.6 for Mac User Guide Getting Started
Configuring the scanners
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4 Select your advanced scanning preferences for the On-Demand scanner, Table 3-2
shows the available preferences.
Figure 3-3 On-Demand preferences
Table 3-2 Advanced Preferences for On-Demand scanner
Scan contents of archives and
compressed files
Sets the selected scanner to scan into archives and
other compressed files. On by default for
On-Demand scanner.
Find Unknown Macro Viruses If a file contains potentially infected macro
(unknown infection), it will be scanned and
cleaned/deleted, as part of the clean.
Scan Apple Mail messages Enables/disables the On-Demand scanner to check
Apple Mail messages for infection.
Check files for virus-like characteristics Enables/disables the On-Demand scanner to check
for files that show characteristics of viruses or
worms and may contain unknown infections.
Find potentially unwanted applications
and joke programs
Enables/disables the On-Demand scanner to check
for unwanted programs or joke programs.