User manual AVG LINKSCANNER FREE EDITION POUR PC

[. . . ] This product uses OpenSSL, C opyright (c) 1999-2009 The OpenSSL Project. This product uses C rypto++ Library, C opyright (c) 1995-2009 by Wei Dai. This product uses expat, C opyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source Software C enter Ltd and C lark C ooper C opyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Expat maintainers. A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] However, when a non-critical part of the AVG protection is switched off or inactive, you are immediately warned about the warning protection status. Finally, when a component is switched off, or your protection is outdated, the error status appears. The warning status may also mean that error status of some component is being intentionally ignored. You can set this in the Ignore faulty states section in General settings. AVG LinkScanner® uses several graphical indicators allowing you to view the protection status of this application. The following screenshots show the docked AVG icon displayed either normally (indicating correct or warning status), or with an orange exclamation mark (error status): A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 14 You can also recognize the status by looking at the icon in the menu bar, when means correct or warning status and means error. If the AVG icon in the menu bar is not visible, you can display it by turning on the Show AVG icon in the menu bar option in General settings. Finally, you can see your protection status in the left part of Main User Interface. The screenshot on the left shows the Main User Interface in correct status, the one on the right illustrates a warning status (in this case, the Search-Shield component is disabled) and the one below shows the warning status with the Search-Shield component inactive. Note that your Main User Interface always gives you details about the error, even suggesting how to fix it. A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. However, the page shown in the browser after closing the notification dialog will be just a fragment of the original one - it will be displayed only from the start to the point where the threat was discovered and blocked. However, if you have any reason to visit the untouched original page (possibly containing an infection), you can disable the Surf-Shield component in the Surf-Shield tab of AVG LinkScanner® Settings (which requires administrator password since it disables the protection of the A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 17 machine) and then reload the page (a cache cleaning might be needed depending on application requesting the page because of application internal caching). A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. AVG LinkScanner® Settings This dialog allows you to modify all adjustable settings of your AVG LinkScanner®. It is divided into several tabs - the General tab contains some universal settings, while Search-Shield, Surf-Shield and Update tabs offer settings for respective components. The dialog is accessible in three ways: · click the docked AVG icon to open the Main User Interface, then click any component's name. Note that the AVG LinkScanner® Settings dialog will then be opened on the tab related to the chosen component. · click the AVG icon in the menu bar and select Open LinkScanner Settings. . . The AVG LinkScanner® Settings dialog will be opened on the General tab. · when the Main User Interface is active, open the AVG LinkScanner® menu in the menu bar and select Preferences. The AVG LinkScanner® Settings dialog will be opened on the General tab. [. . . ] If so, AVG LinkScanner® starts their downloading and launches the update process itself. During the update process you will get redirected to the Update interface where you can view the process progressing in its graphical representation as well as its final result: A V G L inkSc anner © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 26 The first screenshot shows the situation when the process was successfully finished and your AVG LinkScanner® was updated. The second one illustrates another outcome - when there are no new update files available. [. . . ]