Notifications

Pop-up notifications

Enable the appropriate option to get pop-up notifications above the SpIDer Agent icon in the Windows notification area.

Email notifications

To receive email notifications about events, do the following:

1.Enable the Send notifications to email option.

2.Specify the email address that you want to use for receiving notifications in the appeared window. You will need to confirm this email address at step 7.

3.Click Next.

4.Specify the data of the account that will be used to send notifications.

•Select the mail server from the list and enter your account login and password.

•If the required mail server is not on the list, select Set manually. In the open window, fill in the fields. Details

Option	Description
SMTP server	Specify the outgoing (SMTP) server for Dr.Web to use when sending email notifications.
Port	Enter the port for Dr.Web to use when connecting to the mail server.
Login	Enter the login for Dr.Web to use when connecting to the mail server.
Password	Enter the password for the login to be used when connecting to the mail server.
Use SSL/TLS	Select this check box to use SSL/TLS encryption when sending messages.
NTLM authentication	Select this check box to use NTLM authentication when connecting to the mail server.

5.Click Send a test message if you want to make sure that all the details are specified correctly. The message is forwarded to the email address that will be used to send notifications (specified at step 4).

6.Click Next.

7.Enter the conformation code that was sent to the email address specified at step 2. If you do not receive the message within 10 minutes, click Send the code again. If you do not enter the code, notifications to this email address will not be sent.

8.To change the email address and other parameters, click Edit and repeat all the actions starting from step 2.

9.Click Notifications parameters and set the required notification types. By default, all types of email notifications are disabled.

Notification parameters

1.Click Notifications parameters.

2.Select types of notifications that you want to receive and select the corresponding check boxes. To display pop-up notifications, select check boxes in the Desktop column. To receive mail notifications, select check boxes in the Mail column.

Notification type	Description
Threat notifications	Select to be notified on threats detected by SpIDer Guard and SpIDer Gate. Clear if you do not want to be notified. These notifications are enabled by default.
Critical notifications	Select to be notified on the following critical issues: •Failures to make a protected copy. •Connections waiting for Firewall to reply are detected. Clear if you do not want to be notified on the issues listed above. By default, these notifications are enabled.
Major notifications	Select to be notified on the following major issues: •Expiration of the time limit set for working on the computer. •Device is blocked. •Attempt to change system date and time is blocked. •Attempt to access a protected object is blocked by Preventive Protection. •New version is available. •Virus databases are out of date. Clear if you do not want to be notified on the issues listed above. By default, these notifications are enabled.
Minor notifications	Select to be notified on the following minor issues: •Successful update. •Update failures. •Expiration of the time limit set for Internet use. •URL is blocked by Parental Control. •URL is blocked by SpIDer Gate. •An attempt to access a protected object is blocked by Parental Control. Clear if you do not want to be notified on the issues listed above. By default, these notifications are disabled.
License	Select to be notified on the following issues: •License expires •Valid license is not found. •The current license is blocked.

3.If necessary, configure additional parameters:

Option

Description

Notify on new tips

Enable this option to receive notifications about new tips on working with Dr.Web.

Do not show notifications in full-screen mode

Select this check box to hide notifications when an application is running in full-screen mode on your computer (e.g., a game or a movie).

Clear this check box to display notifications regardless of the mode.

Display Firewall notifications on separate desktop in full-screen mode

Select this check box to display notifications from Firewall on a separate desktop when an application is running in full-screen mode on your computer (a game or a movie).

Clear this check box to display notifications on the same desktop where an application is running in full-screen mode.

4.If you selected one or more email notifications, configure sending emails from your computer.

Notifications on the following issues are not included in any of the specified groups and are always displayed to the user:

•Priority updates installed and restart is required.

•To finish neutralizing threats, restart the computer.

•To enable or disable the hypervisor, restart the computer.

•Request for allowing a process to modify an object.

•Successful connection to a remote computer in the Anti-virus Network.

•You activated a trial version. It is recommended to obtain a license..