Notifications

In this section you can configure parameters of Dr.Web Antivirus for Windows performance notifications.

Enable the appropriate option to get pop-up notifications above Dr.Web icon

in the Windows notification area.

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.

•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.

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).

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.

2.Select notifications that you want to receive. To display pop-up notifications, enable check boxes in the Desktop column. To receive mail notifications, enable check boxes in the Mail column. If you do not want to receive any notifications, disable all check boxes.

Notification type	Description
Threat is detected	Notifications on threats detected by SpIDer Guard. By default, these notifications are enabled.
Critical notifications	Notifications on the following critical issues: •Connections waiting for Firewall to reply are detected. By default, these notifications are enabled.
Major notifications	Important notifications on the following issues:
Minor notifications	Minor notifications on the following issues: •Successful update. •Update failures. By default, these notifications are disabled.
License	Notifications on the following issues: •License expires. •Valid license is not found. •The current license is blocked.

Option

Description

Do not show notifications in full-screen mode

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

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.