Scan configuration - Warnings tab (on-demand / scheduled / automatic antivirus protection)

 

Warnings are the messages generated by Platinum Internet Security to inform you that it has detected a virus or other threats. Given the importance of this type of warning, its configuration is flexible and powerful in order to ensure that the warning reaches the right person.

 

This configuration tab is the same in the on-demand and scheduled scans (predefined or created by the user) but different in the configuration of the Automatic file protection. However, there are some exceptions:

 

·      The automatic file protection does not allow you to send warnings through networks in Windows Me/98/95 computers. The characteristics of the warnings displayed in the computer cannot be configured. In Windows XP/2000 Pro/NT, you can display warnings in the computer or send them by e-mail.

·      In the case of the automatic mail protection three types of warnings are allowed: in the computer, in the network or by e-mail. The characteristics of the warnings displayed in the computer cannot be configured.

·      The warnings configuration tab is not available for computer startup scans.

 

In order to enable a specific type of warning message, select the checkbox that is next to the option. If you want to control how the warning will be generated, click on the Configure button. The warning message options can vary depending on the scan type. The warning types that can be displayed are:

 

In the computer (local warnings). Through this option you can select how the warning will be displayed in the computer in which a virus has been detected. If you want the warnings to be displayed in that computer, select the checkbox Display warnings in the computer.

 

image\nota_shg.gif Note: This option will not be available in on-demand scans.

 

Via e-mail. This option allows you to send warning messages to a computer via e-mail. If you want the warning messages to be sent as e-mails, select the checkbox Send warning to e-mail address and click on Configure to specify the message format through the following sections:

 

image\nota_shg.gif Note: The option to send messages by e-mail is not available in the automatic file protection in Windows Me/98/95, but is available in Windows XP/2000 Pro/NT.

 

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Address

·      Send warning message to the following address: This option allows you to indicate that an e-mail message should be sent whenever a threat is detected. In the text box, enter the address to which you want to send these messages.

·      Send warning message to sender: The warning message will also be sent to the user that has sent the infected message, if the threat is detected in an e-mail message.

·      Send warning message to the rest of the recipients: The warning message will also be sent to the rest of the users to whom the infected message has been sent, if the virus threat is detected in an e-mail message.

·      Warning message: This is the message that will be shown when a threat is detected.

 

Protocol and server

·      Drop-down list of protocol types (sets of code and formats –a language- used by computers to communicate): From this list you can select the type of protocol that will be used to send the warning message: MAPI or SMTP (outbound mail).

·      Server: In this section you can enter the name of the server through which the warning messages will be sent.

 

To the network. This type of warning message is only available in computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000 Pro, or Windows NT. If a threat is detected in a computer, this option allows you to send a warning to the other computers in the same network. If you want to send warnings through a network, select the checkbox Send warnings to network workstations and click on Configure to set the format of the warnings, through the following sections:

 

image\nota_shg.gif Note: The option to send warnings through the network to which the infected computer is connected is not available for Automatic file protection.

 

Scan

·      Send message to the workstation: You can send a warning message to a specific workstation in the network. In the text box, enter the workstation to which you want to send the message.

·      Warning message: This is the message that will be displayed when a threat is detected.

·      Send message to domain: You can send a warning message to all of the workstations in the same domain. In the text box, enter the domain to which you want to send the message.

·      Warning message: This is the message that will be displayed when a virus or other threat is detected.

 

To Lotus Notes. This option allows you to send a warning message to a Lotus Notes system. The message can be sent to the document author, to the user of the document or to other users.

 

Recipients: In this text box you can enter the names of the users, separated by commas, who will receive the warning message.

Send warning to document author: The user that created the document will receive a warning message.

Send warning to document user: The user working with the document will receive a warning message.

 

Warning message: This is the message that will be sent to notify users that a threat has been detected.

 

Two other useful buttons are displayed at the bottom of the warnings configuration screens: OK (saves and applies the changes to the configuration) and Cancel (the changes made to the configuration will be neither saved nor applied).

 

These two buttons also appear in the window from which you can specify the types of warning you want to enable, along with another button: Default. Clicking on this button loads the program default configuration or factory settings. You will be asked Are you sure you want to restore the factory settings? click on Yes or No.