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Help for Check diskettes window
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Use Check diskettes to check a diskette for viruses, and to change the
way this checking is done. Select the diskette you want to check from the
Diskette selection box, choose whether to check program files or all
files, then select the Execute push button.
Help for Diskette selection box
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Scroll the Diskette selection box display until the diskette drive that
you want to check is visible, then select the diskette drive.
Help for Files to check on diskette
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You can select whether program files or all files are to be checked.
Selecting Program files tells IBM AntiVirus/DOS to check files on the
diskette that are normally executable. These are files that have file
types of BAT, BIN, CMD, COM, DOS, DLL, EXE, OS2, OV?, PRG and SYS.
Selecting All files tells IBM AntiVirus/DOS to check all files on the
diskette. The boot record of the diskette is checked for viruses in
either case.
Normally, viruses only infect program files. Checking program files is
the correct thing to do in most cases. The only exceptions are if an
executable file has been renamed to some other file type or if a program
uses overlay files that have some other file type. Usually, files other
than program files are data files that do not become infected with
viruses. Checking all files finds viruses, no matter what files they are
in, but it takes longer because more files need to be checked.
Help for Check diskettes Save settings
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Use Save settings to save the settings that you have specified (which
diskette drive to check, and which files are to be checked). When you
select the Check diskettes menu item at a later time, these saved
settings are displayed.
Help for Check diskettes Execute
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Selecting the Execute push button checks the diskette in the specified
drive for viruses now. The files checked are the ones that you have
specified in the Files to check box. If a virus is found on a diskette,
you will be given the option to remove the virus or erase the file. Once
checking is completed on one diskette, you are given the option of
checking another diskette.
Help for Check diskettes Cancel
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Selecting the Cancel push button closes the Check diskettes pop-up window
and returns you to the previous window. When you select the Cancel push
button, any settings on this pop-up window that you have not saved are
discarded.