To configure on-access scanning:
Option | Description |
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Adware and PUAs | Adware displays advertising (for example, pop-up
messages) that may affect user productivity and system efficiency.
PUAs (Potentially Unwanted Applications) are not malicious, but are generally considered unsuitable for business networks. |
Suspicious files | Suspicious files exhibit a combination of characteristics that are commonly, but not exclusively, found in viruses. |
Option | Description |
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Allow access to drives with infected boot sectors | Turn on this option to allow access to an infected
bootable removable medium or device such as a bootable CD, floppy
disk, or USB flash drive.
Use this option only if advised to by Sophos technical support. See also the Troubleshooting topic Allow access to drives with infected boot sectors. |
Scan all files | We recommend that you leave this option turned off, as it will affect computer performance adversely. You should scan all files only during a weekly scan. |
Scan inside archive files | Turn on this option to scan the contents of
archives or compressed files. You need to do this only if you
download and distribute such files without extracting the contents.
We recommend that you leave this option turned off, as it makes scanning significantly slower. You will still be protected against any threats in archives or compressed files, as any components of an archive or compressed file that may be malware will be blocked by on-access scanning: |
Scan system memory | Turn on this option to automatically run an hourly
background scan that detects malware hiding in the computer's
system memory (the memory that is used by the operating system).
Note: This
option is available only on 32-bit operating systems. |