Integration with Desktop Environment

Dr.Web for Linux supports the following four methods of integration with the graphic desktop environment:

•Displaying the application status indicator in the desktop notification area. The indicator allows you to show the application context menu and to view the popup notifications.

•Show the context menu containing main scan commands, when user does the mouse right-click on the application icon in the task bar.

•Start scanning of selected files and directories by the command of context menu in the graphic file manager.

•Start scanning of files and directories that the user drops on the application main window using the mouse pointer.

After the user logs on, in the Desktop notification area (if it is supported by the used graphical environment) the notification agent displays an indicator, which looks like the Dr.Web for Linux icon . The indicator displays the application state and provides access to the Dr.Web for Linux menu. If any problem occurs (e.g., the virus databases are outdated, license is about to expire), the indicator displays an exclamation mark:

In addition to the status indicator, the notification agent also displays pop-up notifications that inform the user on important events of Dr.Web for Linux’s operation, such as:

When you select the Open Dr.Web for Linux item, window of Dr.Web for Linux’s graphical management interface appears on the screen; that is, Dr.Web for Linux operation is started. Selection of Enable SpIDer Gate/Disable SpIDer Gate or Enable SpIDer Guard/Disable SpIDer Guard items starts or stops operation of the corresponding monitor. Note that you need to authenticate as a user with administrative privileges to disable operation of any monitor (refer to Managing Application Privileges). Selection of the Update item forces an update procedure to start.

If the indicator notifies on problems in Dr.Web for Linux operation, the icon of the component, which caused the problem, also displays an exclamation mark, for example:

1.If the indicator displays a critical error mark

, and drop-down menu contains only one disabled item Loading, it means that Dr.Web for Linux cannot start because some core components are unavailable. If this status is permanent, try to resolve this error manually or contact technical support.

2.If the indicator is not displayed in the notification area after the user logged in, try to resolve this error manually or contact technical support.

In different desktop environments, appearance and behavior of the indicator can differ from the ones described above; for example, icons may not display on the drop-down menu.

If the desktop environment contains a task bar, such as Unity Launcher in Ubuntu OS, on the task bar appears the button with an application icon, when Dr.Web for Linux is started. It is recommended to launch the application via the Dr.Web for Linux item in Applications desktop menu. When you click on the task button by the right mouse button, the application menu is appeared. The menu looks like as follows (example for Unity Launcher in Ubuntu 12.04).

Selection of Express scan, Full scan and Custom scan items allows you to start the corresponding scan task (for Custom scan item, selection only opens the page on application window where you can select objects for scan). The Dr.Web for Linux item launches the graphical management interface (if not launched), and Quit item terminates it (if launched). The Lock to Launcher item allows you to lock the application icon on the task bar in order to provide quick access to graphical management interface and general scan tasks.

In case there are executed tasks for scanning of the file system in the task queue, indicator of the total execution of active scanning tasks is displayed on top of the application icon in the task bar.

In the different desktop environments, the task bar as well as the context menu and behavior of the menu items (excluding Express scan, Full scan and Custom scan) may differ from described above.

If the button with application icon is displayed on the task bar but the context menu does not contain items for starting of scan tasks, try to launch the application via the Dr.Web for Linux item on Applications menu (instead of launching the application by the drweb-gui command in a terminal emulator or selecting of Open Dr.Web for Linux item in the context menu of the status indicator in the notification area).

Dr.Web for Linux allows you to scan files and directories directly from the window of graphic file manager (such as Nautilus). For scanning of files and directories it is necessary to select them in the file manager window and then click right mouse button. Then in the appeared context menu select the Open With Other Application item, and after that in the list of installed applications find and choose Dr.Web for Linux. Usually, after you have selected usage of Dr.Web for Linux for opening of files at first time, this association will be saved by the file manager, and in the future the context menu will contain the item Open With Dr.Web for Linux.

In the different graphic file managers, the item of the context menu as well as the way to choose an application for processing the selected files may differ from the ones described above.

Some graphical environments for GNU/Linux can automatically configure associations for file or directories (based on their MIME type) with Dr.Web for Linux that has been selected in the file manager for scanning by choosing the option Open With Other Application. Thus, if you then double-clicked on those files or directories, Dr.Web for Linux was run. To resolve this issue, cancel configured associations between files and Dr.Web for Linux.

Drag and Drop of files and directories onto a window of the graphical management interface

Dr.Web for Linux allows you to initiate scanning of files and directories when you drag and drop them with the mouse pointer from file manager window and directories of the graphical file manager to the window of running Dr.Web for Linux’s graphical management interface. To start the scanning by dragging and dropping, it is necessary for the main page or page with scan types on the interface window to be opened. The dropped file objects will be scanned, if the page contains the area marked with a special label Drag files here or click to select that indicates that objects can be dropped onto this page of Dr.Web for Linux’s interface window for management.