Integration with Desktop Environment

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

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

•Calling of the context menu with basic scan commands when user right-clicks on the application icon in the taskbar;

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

•Launch of file and directory scanning, when the user drags and drops them on the main window of Dr.Web for Linux.

After the user logs on, in the Desktop notification area (if it is supported by your 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 If any problem occurs (e.g., the virus databases are outdated, license is about to expire), the indicator displays an exclamation mark: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 operation, such as:

When you select the Open Dr.Web for Linux item, window of Dr.Web for Linux graphical interface for management 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 taskbar, 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. Right-click on the task button opens the application menu. The context menu looks like as follows (example for Unity Launcher in Ubuntu).

•Selection of Express scan items, Full scan items and Custom scan items allows you to start the corresponding scan task (for Custom scan item it opens the page where you can select objects to be scanned).

•Selection of Dr.Web for Linux menu item launches the graphical interface (if not launched) and the selection of Quit item terminates it (if currently launched).

•The selection of Lock to Launcher item allows you to lock the application icon on the taskbar in order to provide quick access to graphical 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 the active scanning tasks is displayed on top of the application icon in the taskbar.

In the different desktop environments, the taskbar 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 taskbar 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 Dr.Web GUI for Linux 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). To scan the files and directories:

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, furtherly, the item Open With Dr.Web for Linux will be available in the context menu.

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 Files and Directories to 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 the Dr.Web for Linux graphical interface for management. 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 interface window for management.