Threat Detection and Neutralization

Search and neutralization of threats can be started either by Scanner (on user demand or as scheduled), or by the file system monitor SpIDer Guard and the network connection monitor SpIDer Gate.

•To enable or disable SpIDer Guard and SpIDer Gate, use the context menu in the notification area or open the corresponding page with the monitor settings (refer to File System Monitoring and Monitoring of Network Connections).

•To view current tasks of Scanner or manage them, open the page for task management.

•To view threats detected by Scanner or during SpIDer Guard checks, open the page with listed threats.

•To manage quarantined threats, open the Quarantine view page.

•To configure Dr.Web for Linux reaction on detected threats, open the Settings window. On this window, you can also set schedule to start scanning, configure monitoring of encrypted connections.

Please note that in case if the Dr.Web for Linux is operating in Central protection mode and launching of scanning by user demand is prohibited on central protection server, the Scanner page of the Dr.Web for Linux window will be disabled. Moreover, in this case the notification agent and the graphical interface for management will not launch scanning even if it is scheduled.