You can consult the different ways of opening the program window in the Run Platinum Internet Security section in this Help. The main program window always opens in the same section: Home. From this section, the self-diagnosis is carried out: it provides information on the current level of protection, informs you about the status of each of the automatic protections, and suggests the actions that should be performed in order to establish an optimum level of security.
Each part of this window is described below. These options work in the same way in the rest of the sections (Full Scan, Automatic Protection, Quarantine and Services).
Tool bar or button bar
This bar is located below the title bar and contains several buttons:
Update. Clicking
on this button displays a wizard that allows you to specify how Platinum
Internet Security should be updated. From here you can update the program.
For more information about updates consult the Update Platinum Internet Security section in this Help.
Report. A report
is displayed that contains every thing that happened during the scans
that have been carried out (provided that the content of this report has
not been deleted). For more information, consult the
Scan report section
in this Help.
Virus list. Clicking
this button displays a list of all of the viruses that the program detects
and their characteristics. For more information about how to use this
list, consult the Virus list
(information) section in this Help. For
more detailed information on a certain virus, visit the Panda Software Virus encyclopedia.
General Settings.
A dialog box containing various tabs is displayed: General,
Mail profile, Update,
Sounds and Restrictions.
Each tab contains the options for defining the program configuration of
each of these features. For more information about these tabs, consult
the General settings section
of this Help.
Help. By clicking
on this button, a drop-down list is displayed with several options: Online registration (allows you to register
as a Platinum Internet Security user and access the services it includes),
Content (access to this Help –
you can also access it by pressing the function key F1), What’s this? (select this option and
click on a section of the window to obtain more information about it),
Panda on the Web (shortcuts to
the different areas of the Panda Software
website), Frequently asked questions
(FAQs) (shows the answers to the questions that we are most often
asked) Tips (15 practical tips
from Panda Software in order to
protect yourself against viruses and other threats) and About
Panda Platinum (shows information about the version of the program).
Note: The
option Online
registration will not de displayed
in subscription versions or in those purchased through the virtual store
on Panda Software website.
Control panel
The control panel is located on the left of the window. When the program window is opened, the control panel lists several options or tasks that you can carry out with Platinum Internet Security.
Depending on the section (Home, Full Scan, Automatic Protection, Quarantine, or Services), additional options panels could be displayed under the initial Control panel. All of these panels include the initial Control panel and can be expanded and collapsed. This means that by clicking on the double arrow that appears in the right corner or on the title, these panels are expanded (displaying the options) and collapsed (only displaying the title).
Home. By selecting
this option in the Control panel (which is selected by default when the
program window is opened), you can consult useful information about the
characteristics of the program and of the automatic protection. Customized
warnings and suggestions generated by Platinum Internet Security are also displayed.
The Home section does not contain any additional options panels. For more information, consult the Status of Platinum Internet Security section in this Help.
Full Scan. From
this section you can carry out any type of scan, by selecting the items
to scan and specifying how and when they should be scanned.
The different types of scan displays an additional panel called Scan jobs. From this panel you can Scan, Configure, Create a new scan and Edit a scan and Delete a scan. For more information, consult the Scan types section in this Help.
Automatic protection.
This option allows you to consult the status of the automatic antivirus
protection (of files and of e-mail), the firewall
protection, the anti-spyware protection, anti-dialer
protection and anti-spam protection. You can also specify their characteristics
and enable and disable each of these protections.
Quarantine. This
option gives you complete control over the files that you suspect are
infected with a virus. You can put the files in Quarantine to avoid infection,
send them to Panda Software to
be analyzed, restore them to their original location and make backup copies.
If you go to the Quarantine section, a central panel is displayed that contains all of the items included in the Hospital. Through this panel, you can carry out any operation with all items (files) in Quarantine. You can handle the suspicious files placed (automatically or manually) in Quarantine: Send to Panda, Disinfect and restore, Delete file and Add file to Quarantine and get Quarantine Help. For more information about Quarantine, consult the Hospital - Quarantine section in this Help.
For more information, consult the What is the Hospital? section in this Help.
Services. Through
this section you can access some of the best services offered by Panda
Software, which are included with Platinum Internet Security. Don’t forget
that in order to use all of the services included with Platinum Internet
Security, you must register as a Panda Software user.
Note: If
you have a subscription version or if you have purchased the program through
the virtual store on Panda Software website, you will not need to access
the Panda Software registration
Web page to register as a Platinum
Internet Security user. In these cases, your user name and password will
be sent to you without you having to do anything else.
The Services section does not contain any additional options panels. For more information, consult the What services does Platinum Internet Security include? section in this Help.
Central area or central section of contents and operations
This is the main section, which displays the content, items, and options that can be accessed from any option in the Control panel (or other panels) with which you are working.
Self-diagnosis status bar
It displays the level of protection that the application is offering at a given time. The color of this bar will change depending on the update level and the status of each of the automatic protections. If the level of protection is adequate the bar will be green. If on the contrary the level of protection is medium or low, the bar color will change: orange when the level of protection is medium, and red when it is low. In these last two cases, Platinum Internet Security will suggest the actions to take, in order to establish an optimum level of protection.