SpIDer Guard

The file system monitor SpIDer Guard scans all the files that users open or change in real time. SpIDer Guard also monitors programs and processes launched on Mac.

SpIDer Guard settings for computers running macOS are available in the SpIDer Guard for workstations section, for macOS Server—in the SpIDer Guard for servers section.

General

Enable the Use heuristic analysis option to use heuristic analysis for detecting unknown threats.

Use the Enable SpIDer Guard for macOS (for servers—Enable SpIDer Guard for macOS Server) option to enable the constant antivirus protection of the file system.

In the Scanning time of one element field, specify the maximum time for scanning a file. Value 0 means that time to scan one file is unlimited.

Increasing the time for scanning a single file may slow down the computer and increase the overall scanning time.

Actions

In this section, you can configure actions that Dr.Web will apply to threats detected by SpIDer Guard The actions are set separately for each type of malicious and suspicious objects. These actions vary for different object types.

Possible actions

Containers

In this section, you can specify the maximum nesting level for containers. If the nesting level is higher than the specified value, the container will be ignored during the scan. Value 0 means that nested objects will not be scanned.

In the Maximum compression ratio field, specify the maximum compression ratio for compressed objects (a ratio of source object size to compressed size). If compression ratio of an object is greater than the specified value, the object will be ignored when scanning.

Excluded paths

In this section, specify paths to files and folders which will be excluded from scanning by SpIDer Guard.