Virus and Spy Protection works automatically and in real-time in the background while you are using files in your computer or browsing Internet web sites.
Virus and Spy Protection:
You can directly change the protection level and real-time scanning, e-mail scanning and scheduled scanning settings from the Virus and Spy Protection tab.
You can view your scanning reports and scan for viruses and spyware manually from the Virus and Spy Protection tab.
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Virus and Spy Protection
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Click Change... to change your Virus and Spy Protection level. Read the level description carefully before you select it.
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Protection levels are preconfigured security levels that determine how the product handles viruses and malware.
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If Virus and Spy Protection is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to virus attacks. For more information, see Virus and Spy Protection Level.
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All files, Defined files or Disabled. Shows you whether the real-time scan scans all files, all specified file types or whether it is disabled.
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If you disable real-time scanning, you can still scan the computer manually. For more information, see Scanning Manually.
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Click Configure... to change your real-time scanning settings.
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Enabled, Disabled, Incoming or Outgoing. Shows you whether e-mail scanning is enabled or disabled, or enabled either for incoming or outgoing e-mail. If the e-mail scanning is enabled, both the incoming and outgoing e-mails are scanned for viruses.
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Click Configure... to change your e-mail scanning settings.
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Shows the next time a scheduled scan starts if the scheduled scanning is enabled.
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Click Configure... to set a scanning schedule.
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The number of items in the Quarantine repository.
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Click Configure.... to view and restore quarantined malware.
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Displays the scanning report status.
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Click View... to view the most recent scanning report.
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Starts a manual scan for viruses, spyware, and other malware and suspicious items.
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Advanced...
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Opens the Virus protection page of the Advanced Settings window. For more information, see Advanced Virus and Spy Protection.
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