You can click Change and then select one or more of the below actions:

• Rename. Rename the file to end in INFECTED.

• Quarantine. Quarantine the file. (More on quarantines.)

• Delete. Delete the file.

 

The first action on the list is the primary action and it represents how you want infected files to be handled. Any other remaining actions will act as backup.

• To remove an action from the list, select it and click Remove. (There must be at least one action.)

• To add an action back onto the list, click Add and then select it from the drop-down list.

• To change the order of an action, select it and click Up or Down.

 

When you are finished with your changes, click Done.

 

See Handling Infected Files for more detailed information.

You can click Change and then select one or more of the below actions:

• Rename. Rename the archive file to end in INFECTED.

• Quarantine. Quarantine the archive file. (More on quarantines.)

• Delete. Delete the archive file.

 

The first action on the list is the primary action and it represents how you want infected archive files to be handled. Any other remaining actions will act as backup.

• To remove an action from the list, select it and click Remove. (There must be at least one action.)

• To add an action back onto the list, click Add and then select it from the drop-down list.

• To change the order of an action, select it and click Up or Down.

 

When you are finished with your changes, click Done.

 

See Handling Infected Files for more detailed information.

Select this option to scan only those file types that are known to commonly contain dangerous content.

Note: You can make further designations of specific file types that you want to include or exclude using other options on this tab.

Select this option to scan all types of files.

Note: You can make further designations of specific file types that you want to include or exclude using other options on this tab.

Select the check box to include data that is stored in archive files in scanning; clear it to exclude archive files.

 

Common archive types include ZIP, CAB, ARJ, TAR, and others.

With the "Scan archives (e.g., .zip, .cab, .arj)" check box selected, nested archives are also unpacked and scanned. You can designate the number of nested levels to scan in the Archive recursion levels field.

 

The default number of levels that are scanned is 5. You can enter from 1 to 99. Keeping the limit in the lower range (less than 10) can optimize processing speed.

A packed executable is a compressed executable file. It includes the decompression code needed to run the executable. In addition to reducing file size, packed executables can be used to hide malware from antivirus scans.

 

Select the check box to include packed executables in scanning; clear it to exclude packed executables files.

You may wish to exclude certain folders from scanning.

 

Click Change to make changes or view existing exclusions.

• To add a folder to the exclusion list, click Add. A standard browse window opens. Navigate to the desired folder and then click OK.

• To remove a folder from the list, click Remove.

When you are finished with your changes, click Done.

You may wish to exclude certain files from scanning.

 

Click Change to make changes or view existing exclusions.

• To add a file to the exclusion list, click Add. A standard browse window opens. Navigate to the desired file and then click OK.

• To remove a file from the list, click Remove.

When you are finished with your changes, click Done.

You may wish to include specific file extensions in the scanning for added protection.

 

Click Change to make changes or view existing inclusions.

• To add a file extension to the inclusion list, click Add. Type in the letters of the extension (for example DOC for Word documents) and then click OK.

• To remove a file extension from the list, click Remove.

When you are finished with your changes, click Done.

As a default, the check box is selected and the artificial intelligence feature is enabled.

 

Clear the check box to turn off the feature. Select the check box to turn it back on.

As a default, the check box is selected. For detected macro variants, System Shield will follow the same actions set in the "When an infected file is found" field (described above).

 

Clear the check box if you do not want System Shield to perform any actions with detected macro variants.

This check box is selected as a default and remote templates are ignored from scanning. This is the recommended setting.

 

Clear the check box to have remote templates included in scanning. Note that this could result in legitimate document templates being flagged.