Scan areas in an immediate scan (Advanced)

Note: certain options are only available depending on the product purchased and the operating system configuration. For more information, see Differences between versions.

In the advanced mode you can scan any part of the computer in search of viruses. To select the areas to be scanned you can work with the Selection tree. All the areas which can be scanned are shown in this tree. These areas are the memory, all assigned computer drives and, optionally, the e-mail folders of the Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express programs.

When you press the Scan button, the scan in search of virus will be carried out in all the areas in Items to be scanned. To determine which areas of the Selection tree will be included in Items to be scanned, there are three buttons between the two which have the following functions:

• Add area: if you select an area in the Selection tree and then press the Add area button, the selected area is added to Items to be scanned. You can achieve the same effect by dragging an area directly from the Selection tree to Items to be scanned.

• Remove area: if you select an area in Items to be scanned and press this button, the area you selected will be removed from Items to be scanned.

• Clear: when this button is pressed, all the items in Items to be scanned will be removed from the list.

If you attempt to add an area to Items to be scanned which is already there, the antivirus program will notify you of this and will cancel the operation. If you try to add an area to Items to be scanned which is included in another area which is already there, the antivirus program will advise you of this but will not cancel the operation.

It is also important to bear in mind that the different items to be scanned can be added with and without subdirectories. If you attempt to add an item with subdirectories and this item is already stripped of them, the antivirus program will ask if you want to remove the version without subdirectories and add the new one which includes them.

Finally, if an area is already in Items to be scanned and you attempt to add a higher area which includes it, you will be given the option of removing the repetitions automatically.

Panda Antivirus 6.0 Platinum is capable of scanning Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express folders. Any of the folders of these mail systems can be scanned in the same way the antivirus would scan any other area of the computer. It is also important to point out that Panda Antivirus 6.0 Platinum will scan for viruses any message database belonging to any of these systems which it may find during the scan, even when the message database in question is not defined as a folder.