User manual FARONICS ANTI-VIRUS

[. . . ] |1 Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide 2 | Last modified: May, 2010 © 1999 - 2010 Faronics Corporation. Faronics, Deep Freeze, Faronics Core Console, Faronics Anti-Executable, Faronics Anti-Virus, Faronics Device Filter, Faronics Data Igloo, Faronics Power Save, Faronics Insight, Faronics System Profiler, and WINSelect are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Faronics Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide |3 Contents Preface . 17 Installing or Upgrading Faronics Anti-Virus on a Workstation via Faronics Core . [. . . ] If you do not select this check box, the Virus Definitions will not be updated if the workstation loses the connection with the Faronics Core Server. Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide Faronics Anti-Virus Policy | 35 7. Specify settings in the Scanning tab: · Scanning tab>Scan Settings pane - Select the following for Quick scan, Deep System scan and Custom Scan: Faronics Anti-Virus provides three types of scans: · · · Quick Scan - scans the commonly affected areas of your computer. Deep System Scan - performs a through scan of all areas of the computer. Custom Scan - performs a scan based on the selections made in the Policy Details dialog. For each type of scan, select the following options (some options may be grayed out depending on the type of scan): · · Enable rootkit detection - detects if the computer is infected with a rootkit. Select for the scan to include archive files, such as . RAR and . ZIP files. When a . RAR file is found to contain an infected file, the . RAR file will be quarantined. If a . ZIP file is found to contain an infected file, the infected file is quarantined and replaced by a . TXT file with text indicating that it was infected and that it has been quarantined. Scan at a lower priority - select to operate Faronics Anti-Virus at a lower priority, allowing you to continue working with other programs without decreased performance. It is good to select this option for scheduled scans that occur during times of regular use of the computer. Exclude removable drives (e. g USB) - excludes the removable drives from the scan process. Scan running process - scans all running processes. · · · · · Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide 36 | Using Faronics Anti-Virus · Scanning tab> Quick Scan Schedule Settings pane - Specify the following settings: -- Enable Quick Scan - select the check box to enable Quick Scan. The maximum duration between the Start time and Stop time is 23. 59 hours. If the scan is not complete before the Stop time, it is aborted at the Stop time. Alternatively, select When scan is complete to ensure that scan is completed. -- Days - select the days when the scheduled Quick Scan will take place. Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide Faronics Anti-Virus Policy | 37 · Scanning tab> Deep Scan Schedule Settings pane - specify the following settings: -- Enable Deep scan- select the check box to enable Deep Scan. The maximum duration between the Start time and Stop time is 23. 59 hours. If the scan is not complete before the Stop time, it is aborted at the Stop time. Alternatively, select When scan is complete to ensure that scan is completed. -- Days - select the days when the scheduled Deep Scan will take place. · Scanning tab>Scheduling Options - specify the following settings: -- Randomize scheduled scan start times by x minutes - specify the number of minutes. The scheduled scan start time is randomized to reduce the impact on network traffic. Faronics Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide 38 | Using Faronics Anti-Virus Anti-Virus reports to Faronics Core when the scanning starts. [. . . ] Alternatively, you can double-click on the Faronics Anti-Virus icon in the System Tray. 2. The virus definitions are updated on the workstation. Faronics Anti-Virus User Guide 52 | Using Faronics Anti-Virus Managing Faronics Anti-Virus on the Workstation via the System Tray Faronics Anti-Virus can be managed on the workstation via a menu available from the System Tray. The following options are available: · · Open Faronics Anti-Virus - launches Faronics Anti-Virus on the workstation. Active Protection -- Active Protection>Enable Active Protection - enables Active Protection. [. . . ]