The Settings button is the 5th down the left on the main ThreatFire control panel. It has 3 tabs across the top: General, Quarantine, and Scheduled Scan.
The items in the General Settings tab are:
ThreatFire Protection
Ensures that ThreatFire can actively monitor your computer for signs of suspicious behavior and potential attacks.
Check for Updates
Automatically checks for program updates available for download on the PC Tools servers.
Community Protection
Automatically reports to Novatix information about the event when a suspect rule is triggered by ThreatFire. Participating in the Secure Community is win-win: you help identify new threats and provide better protection to all other ThreatFire users, and in turn, other members do the same for you. If Community Protection is ever set to Off, the Check for Updates option is automatically set to Off as well and cannot be turned back on until Community Protection is turned back on.
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In ThreatFire Free Edition, if Community Protection is ever set to Off, the Check for Updates option is automatically set to Off as well and cannot be turned back on until Community Protection is turned back on.
ThreatFire Pro does not have this restriction and allows you to turn off Community Protection without also having to turn off Check for Updates. |
If you are using Windows XP or later version of Windows, you can tell ThreatFire to automatically set a System Restore Point before performing any quarantine action. While it is very rare that there would be any problems during quarantine, having a system restore point to revert back to is just an added safety measure to make it easy to recover from any potential problem.
To set this option, simply check the checkbox to Set System Restore Point. Should you decide you wish to stop setting restore points, simply uncheck the same box.
We recommend that you scan for rootkits and other threats at least once a week. Under the Scheduled Scan settings tab you can configure ThreatFire to conduct either a Basic Scan or Full Scan automatically for you at the time and frequency of your choice.
To schedule an automatic scan:
Check the Run a scheduled scan box to indicate that you wish to turn on and run automatic scans.
Use the Time, Repeat, Type and Scan For dropdown boxes to choose the scanÆs start time, repeat frequency and type.
Click OK to confirm your scan options.
Click Cancel to cancel your dropdown box selections.
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In ThreatFire Free Edition Scan for is automatically set to Rootkits.
In ThreatFire Pro you have the option to scan for Rootkits, Viruses or Both. |
You must click OK to confirm that you wish to run an automatic scan with the specified scan choices.
Important: Please note that when you run an automatic scan, any items found will be automatically quarantined. You can manage quarantined items in the Quarantine section of the Threat Control Center.
