User guide

VirusScan

8.6 for Mac User Guide Getting Started

Configuring the scanners

4 Select your scanning preferences for the On-Access scanner; Table 3-3 shows the

available preferences.

Figure 3-4 On-Access preferences

Table 3-3 Advanced Preferences for On-Access scanning

Scan contents of archives and

compressed files

Sets the selected scanner to scan into archives and

other compressed files. On by default for the

On-Access scanner. Note that the On-Access

scanner will not scan inside stuffit archives.

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-Access scanner to check

Apple Mail messages for infection.

Check files for virus-like characteristics Enables/disables the On-Access 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-Access scanner to check

for unwanted programs or joke programs.