The "Scanner" page of resident task
This page is available only for configuration of Resident task.
The "Scanner" page contains controls used for the more detailed specification of the objects to be scanned.
At each attempt of running a program or opening a document AVAST32 will scan them first and whether or not they are infected with a known virus. If not, the file will be run, in the other case the user will be announced.
However, the files containing the OLE documents will be scanned only in the case when they are opened with help of the OLE functions. With the standard operations with the files, as to their copying, etc. the document will not be scanned.
The executable files and the OLE documents are scanned at the moment when their run or their opening with help of the OLE functions are required. It implies that the speed of the task run can only be slightly reduced at the start-up of the scanned application or at the opening of an OLE document - but not during the proper work with the started application or with the opened document.
It is possible to check the OLE documents, 16-bit applications for Windows 3.1x, MS-DOS applications and, of course, 32-bit programs. Whether the appropriate type of the file is to be scanned or not you will specify by checking off the appropriate check box:
If you would like to scan files not only at the file opening, but also already during the file copying, check the "Scan created/modified files" check box. And via the radio button determine whether all the files will be scanned or only files with selected extensions. If you would like to modify the selected extensions, click to the text box and do the modification. Extensions separate by commas.