Configuring Automatic Actions

You can specify actions that will be applied automatically by Dr.Web to various types of computer threats unless it is required to choose an action manually. You can set different automatic reaction for Scanner and SpIDer Guard.

To configure automatic actions

1.To open the automatic actions settings for Dr.Web components, do one of the following:

•To configure automatic actions for Scanner, in the application menu, open Preferences and select the Scanner tab.

•To configure automatic actions for SpIDer Guard, in the application menu, open Preferences and select the SpIDer Guard tab.

2.Select necessary action for infected and suspicious objects.

3.Click Other to select actions for malware (adware, dialers, jokes, riskware and hacktools).

4.The actions specified in the SpIDer Guard settings will be applied automatically every time a threat is detected by this components. To apply action automatically to the threats detected during the system scan performed by Scanner, select the Apply actions automatically check box in the Scanner settings section.

5.Click Advanced to set up the scan of the complex objects (archives and email files) and specify the maximum time for scanning a single file. Please note that scanning the contents of archives and email files, as well as increasing the time for scanning a single file leads to increasing of the overall scanning time and may slow down your Mac in some cases.

The default automatic actions are optimal for most uses. Do not change them unnecessarily.

By default, all SpIDer Guard settings are locked in order to prevent anyone without administrative privileges from changing these settings. To unlock them, select the SpIDer Guard section of the application preferences, click the icon of a lock at the bottom of the window and enter the administrator name and password.