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20 z Norman Security Suite - User’s Guide

increases somewhat when the Sandbox is active, but it is not likely to

affect the overall system performance significantly.

If a scanner detects a virus or other type of malware, it will try to clean

the infected file or—if the file has no other than destructive purposes—

delete it entirely.

The On-access scanner

The On-access scanner is working in the background and offers

automatic protection of your system. It is an essential virus control

component and should therefore be enabled at all times. If the On-

access scanner is stopped/paused from the tray menu, a blinking,

yellow triangle appears in the system tray. See ‘Warnings’ on page 18.

Whenever a file is accessed in a read/write operation or a program is

executed, the On-access scanner is notified and scans the file on the fly,

if configured to.

Like the On-demand scanner, the On-access scanner detects and repairs

all types of viruses. Whenever possible, an infected file is repaired

before the file is handed over to the application. Access to the infected

file is denied if repair fails.

How to disable the On-access scanner

We recommend that the On-access scanner is enabled at all times.

However, if you for some reason need to disable it, this is what you do:

1. From the tray menu, select Stop the On-access scanner.

If you don’t manually start the scanner again, it will be enabled the

next time you restart your computer or when an update is installed.