The Scan Files dialog box is where you activate “SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING™”. It is not enough to say that SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING automatically scans files. SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING scans files as soon as the files “HIT THE DISK”, so to speak. There is virtually NO delay between when the file gets written to the disk and when VirusDetective hunts for HTDs. If there were a delay (as there is with all other anti-virus programs), it is then that HTDs have ample opportunity to infect your disks.
SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING automatically scans each file that gets copied to ANY of your disks…
…from ANY source… such as…
…from an electronic bulletin board (downloaded), or
after being uncompressed from a compression utility (like StuffIt) or an archive, or
from a file server, or
or from a network, or
from a floppy disk, or
…YEP, YOU GOT THE IDEA – from just about ANY source you can think of !
…You name it, it does it !
[Also see VirusBlockade’s About box.]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS…
A) Scan Files “CREATED” on… Checkboxes;
B) Scan Files (Resources) “CHANGED” on… Checkboxes;
C) When VirusDetective Has Found a Matching File (That Is, It Has Found an Infected File), You Want VirusBlockade to… Buttons and Checkbox;
D) “Help”, “Cancel” and “Save” Buttons.
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A) SCAN FILES “CREATED” ON… CHECKBOXES…
The Scan files CREATED on… is the first of two places where you can activate SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING. The Scan files CREATED on… checkboxes
The Scan files CREATED on… checkboxes are where you determine what disk categories VirusBlockade will perform SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING on in regard to any and all files that are CREATED.
When VirusDetective finds an HTD, it alerts you that it found an HTD.
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B) SCAN FILES (RESOURCES) “CHANGED” ON… CHECKBOXES…
Scan files (resources) CHANGED on… is the other of two places where you can activate SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING.
The Scan files (resources) CHANGED on… checkboxes are where you determine what disk categories VirusBlockade will perform SUPERFAST FILE SCANNING in regard to any and all files that are CHANGED. VirusBlockade only tracks changes to resource forks.
When VirusDetective finds an HTD, it alerts you that it found an HTD.
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C) WHEN VIRUSDETECTIVE HAS FOUND A MATCHING FILE (THAT IS, IT HAS FOUND AN INFECTED FILE), YOU WANT VIRUSBLOCKADE TO… BUTTONS AND CHECKBOX…
The beginning of the sentence is When VirusDetective has found a matching file (that is, it has found an infected file), you want VirusBlockade to…; finish the sentence with:
1) “…ONLY notify you that a matching file was found (that is, you merely want to stay informed – nothing else is done)…”;
2) “…delete the matching file…”;
3) “…move the matching file to folder [named] “¿¿Infected Files??”…”; or
4) “…rename the matching file to end with: “¿Virus? DATE TIME”…”.
After 2), 3) or 4), you can click the …AND notify you checkbox.
C.1 “…ONLY notify you that a matching file was found…” button…
When you click the …ONLY notify you that a matching file was found… button, you merely want to stay informed. Remember that it is your responsibility to deal with each infected file!
NOTE: In the vast majority of cases, just having an infected file on your disk will NOT infect your disk.
C.2.1 “…delete the matching file…” button…
When you click the …delete the matching file… button, VirusBlockade immediately gets rid of the infected file, erases it off your disk. If you want to be told that it found a file and deleted that file, click the …AND notify you checkbox.
C.2.2 “…move the matching file to folder [named] “¿¿Infected Files??”…” button…
When you click the …move the matching file to folder [named] “¿¿Infected Files??”… button, you are telling VirusBlockade you want it to relocate any infected files to a desktop-level folder which has the default name of “¿¿Infected Files??”. Change the name of the folder as you wish. Remember that it is your responsibility to deal with each infected file!
If a second file of the same name is to be moved into the infected files folder it will be renamed (as described below) before it is moved to the folder.
If you want to be told that it found and moved a file, click the …AND notify you checkbox.
C.2.3 “…rename the matching file to end with: “¿Virus? DATE TIME”…” button…
When you click the …rename the matching file to end with: “¿Virus? DATE TIME… button, VirusBlockade renames the file to end with “¿Virus?”, and the current date and time. Remember that it is your responsibility to deal with each infected file!
If you want to be told that it found and renamed a file, click the …AND notify you checkbox.
C.3 “…AND notify you” checkbox…
You CANNOT click the …AND notify you checkbox when the …ONLY notify you that a matching file was found… button is ACTIVE.
You CAN click the …AND notify you checkbox when the following are ACTIVE:
“…delete the matching file…”;
“…move the matching file to folder [named] “¿¿Infected Files??”…”; or
“…rename the matching file to end with: “¿Virus? DATE TIME”…”.
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D) “HELP”, “CANCEL” AND “SAVE” BUTTONS…
D.1 “Help” button…
<You are in this file now.> If you want to copy the text file to the Clipboard, click the Help->Clipboard button. Paste the contents of the Clipboard to wherever you want it (which would probably be a word processing program like Microsoft Word or possibly a page layout program like Quark XPress). Click the OK button when you want to close the Help file.
D.2 “Cancel” button…
When you click the Cancel button:
1) if you made any changes, VirusBlockade presents an alert box that asks “Save changes to {name of the dialog box}?”. You have the choice between: Don’t Save, Cancel (this cancel cancels the first cancel) or Save;
2) if you didn’t make any changes, VirusBlockade brings you back to the Main Window.
D.3 “Save” button…
If you click the Save button, VirusBlockade saves any changes and then closes the dialog box.
