Critical Objects

Critical Objects

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Objects shown here may pose a threat and should be considered for removal.

Obj.: Select objects by checking the box. This section will also contain easy to identify symbols for the type of object listed
Vendor: Names the company that developed the object or the target family
Type: Tells what kind of object it is, such as File, Folder, Registry Value etc.
Category: Tells the category that Lavasoft has it listed in, such as Data Miner, Malware etc.
Object: Tells where the object is located, its path in Explorer, or its location in the Registry
Comment: includes the name of the object and a brief description; to read the complete text in the comment scroll to the right side of the screen, open the window full screen, hover your mouse over the entry, or use the right click context menu

Buttons
Quarantine: Puts the selected objects in a quarantine file. This can be useful when you don't want to quarantine all objects detected during a scan, as the automatic quarantine option does or to quarantine by family, vendor, or type of detected content. Note! You will be prompted to add a filename.
Show Logfile: Displays the log file created during the scan
Next: Takes you to the removal confirmation window

Right-click to open the context menu where more options are available

Context menu
Item Details: Opens the Object Details window that displays the TAC information for the object and a link to the objects TAC webpage.*

Show TAC page for "vendor name": Shows the TAC page for the selected object*

Jump to key: Opens the registry key for the selected object Note! This requires RegHance to be installed and linked to in the Ad-Aware SE Default Settings screen.
Export Registry Bookmark File: Exports the registry bookmarks to a .reg file in the folder that you choose

Extensions: The extensions available on your computer are listed here. For more information read the Add-ons chapter

Select all Marked objects: Selects all marked (highlighted) objects in the list
Deselect all Marked objects: Deselects all marked (highlighted) objects
Inverse selection: Inverses the selection

More Selection Objects: Opens a new menu with more select/deselect options

Select all RegValue Objects: Selects all RegValue objects if any are present

Deselect all RegValue Objects: Deselects all RegValue objects if any are present

Select all "vendor name" objects: Selects all objects by the same vendor

Deselect all "vendor name" objects: Deselects all objects by the same vendor

Select all marked objects: Selects all highlighted objects

Deselect all objects: Deselects all highlighted objects

Quarantine selected: Adds all selected objects to an archival quarantine file Note! You will be prompted to enter a filename
Add Checked To Ignore List: Adds all selected objects to the Ignore List.

Export HTML Report: This option is disabled in Ad-Aware SE Personal edition
Export as Text File: This option is disabled in Ad-Aware SE Personal edition
Print Report: This option is disabled in Ad-Aware SE Personal edition

Show Scan Summary: Takes you to the Scan Summary tab
Show Scan Log: Takes you to the Scan Log tab
Show Negligible Objects: Takes you to the Negligible Objects tab

Help: Opens the Help file

* You must be connected to the Internet to access the TAC

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