Actions Page

On this page, you can configure reactions of SpIDer Mail to various virus events.

For different types of compromised messages, actions are assigned separately from respective drop-down lists:

•Messages infected with known and (supposedly) curable viruses
•Messages infected with incurable viruses
•Supposedly infected (suspicious) messages
•Messages containing various malicious software

The actions available for selection depend on the type of the virus event.

For details on a certain option, click a corresponding item in the picture.  To get information on options available in other pages, click the corresponding link in the picture.

For details on a certain option, click a corresponding item in the picture.
To get information on options available in other pages, click the corresponding link in the picture.

By default, SpIDer Mail attempts to cure messages infected with a known and (supposedly) curable virus and moves incurable and suspicious messages as well as adware and dialers to Quarantine at the same time ignoring all other minor threats.

The SpIDer Mail reactions are similar to those of Dr.Web Scanner. Details and recommendations

You can select one of the following actions for detected virus threats:

Action

Description

Cure

(Available for Infected messages only except Trojan programs that are deleted on detection.)

Instructs SpIDer Mail to try to restore the original state of the message before infection. If the message is incurable, or the attempt of curing fails, the action set for incurable message is applied.

This is action is not applicable to files within archives.

Delete

Instructs SpIDer Mail to delete the message. The message is not sent to recipient; the mail client receives a notification about this.

Quarantine

Instructs SpIDer Mail to move the message to the special Quarantine folder. The message is not sent to recipient; the mail client receives a notification about this.

Ignore

Instructs SpIDer Mail to pass on the message to the mail client as usual, i.e. without performing any action.

If an e-mail contains a malicious object, any reaction except Ignore results in failure to send the message to a mail server or recipient.

To increase security above the default level, you may select the Move to quarantine action for Not checked messages, and then scan the moved file with Dr.Web Scanner.

 

Note

If you want to disable scans of e-mail with SpIDer Mail, ensure that SpIDer Guard monitors your computer constantly.

 

Experienced users may access advanced mail scanning settings by clicking Options.

After performing reaction you configured, SpIDer Mail displays a notification above the SpIDer Agent icon in the taskbar notification area. If necessary, you can configure desktop and e-mail notifications.