Options: actions (Immediate / Scheduled / Windows Startup - Advanced)

Note: certain options are only available depending on the product purchased and the operating system configuration. For more information, see Differences between versions.

In this section you can indicate what action you want the antivirus program to take when it finds a virus. Depending on the action you choose, a series of options will be displayed to enable you to configure it. The different possibilities are:

Show information on the virus

This action makes the antivirus show a window containing information about the virus at the moment it is detected. However, no further action will be taken.

Ignore and continue scanning

Selecting this action will ensure that the antivirus program will perform no action when it detects a virus. It will continue the scan in the normal way.

Disinfect automatically

Choosing this action instructs the antivirus to automatically disinfect all infected files it detects. This option can be configured, since there may be occasions on which disinfection is not possible. The configuration options are:

Rename: if the infected file cannot be disinfected, this option tells the antivirus to rename it by changing its extension to VIR.

Delete: when disinfection is impossible and this option has been selected, the antivirus will delete the infected file.

Move: choosing this option instructs the antivirus to move an infected file to another location when it cannot be disinfected. To complete this option, you can indicate the destination to which these infected files will be moved.

Move û path: lets you indicate the directory to which infected files will be copied.

Move û e-mail address: allows you to indicate an e-mail address to which the infected file will be sent.

Rename the infected file

This option ensures that all infected files detected will be renamed.

Delete the infected file

When you choose this option, the antivirus will delete all the infected files it finds.

Move the infected file

If this option is selected, the antivirus will move all the infected files it detects.

Move û path: enables you to indicate the directory to which infected files will be copied.

Move û e-mail address: allows you to indicate an electronic mail address to which the infected file will be sent.

Ask what action to take

This option instructs the antivirus to ask for the action to be taken each time a virus is detected. This allows you to indicate different actions within the same scan. To make the configuration more flexible, you can choose from among the options which are shown at the moment the virus is detected.

Move: this would correspond to the Move action described previously.

Delete: this would correspond to the Delete action described previously.

Disinfect: this would correspond to the Disinfect action described previously.

Show information: this would correspond to the Show information action described previously.

Rename: this would correspond to the Rename action described previously.

Suspend the scan and inform in case of any other incident

If you check this option, the scan will stop momentarily if some unexpected problem arises so that you can be informed of the incident. Once you accept the notification of the incident, the scan continues in the normal way.