Process setting tab options

The following table describes the on-access scanner tab options.


Tab Definitions
Processes
  • On-Access Default Processes — Choose to configure one scanning policy for all processes or configure different scanning policies for default processes, low-risk processes, and high-risk processes.
    Note: If you choose to configure one scanning policy, this policy applies to all processes. If you choose to configure different scanning policies for low-risk and high risk policies, this policy applies only to the processes that are not defined as low-risk or high-risk.
  • On-Access Low-Risk Processes — Specify the processes that you define as low-risk.
  • On-Access High-Risk Processes — Specify the processes that you define as high-risk.
Note: The Configure different scanning policies for high-risk, low-risk, and default processes option must be selected on the On-Access Default Processes tab before you can configure individual policies for low-risk and high-risk processes.
Scan Items
  • Configure whether to scan files on read, on write, on network drives and opened for backup.
    CAUTION:
    Failure to enable When writing to disk and When reading from disk leaves your system unprotected from numerous malware attacks.
  • Configure which files and file types to scan.
    CAUTION:
    Failure to enable All files leaves your system unprotected from numerous malware attacks.
  • Scan for potential threats that resemble unwanted programs, Trojan horses and macro viruses.
  • Scan inside archives and decode MIME encoded files.
  • Enable on-access scanning for unwanted programs.
Exclusions Configure which disks, files, and folders to exclude from scanning.
Actions
For threat detections:
  • Primary action to take when a threat is detected.
  • Secondary action to take on a threat detection if the first action fails.
For unwanted program detections:
  • Primary action to take when an unwanted program is detected.
  • Secondary action to take on an unwanted program detection if the first action fails.

Process setting tab options