User guide

Quick Heal Total Security 2011
Quick Heal Protection Center
Quick Heal Technologies (P) Ltd. 30 User Guide
Virus Protection
Virus Protection continuously monitors the system by working in the background and trapping any malicious files that have tried to
sneak from email attachments, Internet downloads, network file transfer, file execution, etc.
Virus Protection feature in Quick Heal Total Security can be accessed by clicking Files & Folders from the
Dashboard . By default
Virus Protection is enabled and is set to ON. You can disable Virus Protection by clicking the button. Quick Heal recommends that
you keep it enabled to secure your system from any potential threats at any point of time.
ON The ON state indicates that Virus Protection feature is enabled.
OFF The OFF state indicates that Virus Protection feature is disabled. If you click the
ON/OFF button when Virus Protection is set to ON, then a prompt is displayed
that recommends against turning off Virus Protection. You can select one of the
following options from the Select Action drop-down box:
• Turn on after 15 minutes
• Turn on after 30 minutes
• Turn on after 1 hour
• Turn on after next reboot
• Permanently disable
Select an option and click OK button. You will see that Virus Protection icon’s color
has changed from Green to Red in Windows System Tray. It means that Virus
Protection has been disabled temporarily or permanently based on your selection.
If you have selected Turn on after 15 minutes / 30 minutes / 1 hour then
the icon’s color will change back from Red to Green, based on the time frame
selected, to indicate that Virus Protection has been enabled. If you have selected
Turn on after next reboot, then the icon’s color will change back to Green at
the next reboot. If you have selected Permanently disable then the icon’s color
will remain Red until you enable Virus Protection manually.
You can customize Virus Protection by clicking Files & Folders -> Virus Protection from the
Dashboard . The following options
are available:
Display alert
messages
Display alert messages feature, if checked or enabled, displays an alert message
whenever a malware is detected. If un-checked, it will not display an alert
message whenever a malware is detected. By default this feature is checked.
Select action to be performed when virus is found
You can configure the action that needs to be carried out when a malware is detected by Virus Protection. The following actions are
available:
Repair Attempts to repair the file and quarantines it automatically in case if it cannot be
repaired.
Delete Deletes a virus-infected file without notifying you. Files deleted in such a manner
cannot be recovered.
Deny access Prevents you from using a virus-infected file.
Backup before
taking action
Virus Protection will keep a copy of infected file before disinfecting it. (Files that
are stored in backup can be restored from Quarantine menu.)