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Log Files

Log verbosity

Logging verbosity defines the level of details the log files include.

Critical warnings – Includes only critical errors (for example: Failed to start antivirus protection).

Errors – Errors such as Error downloading file will be recorded in addition to critical warnings.

Warnings – Critical errors and warning messages will be recorded in addition to errors.

Informative records – Record informative messages, including successful update messages, plus all records above.

Diagnostic records – Include information needed to fine-tune the program and all records above.

Log Files Cleaning

Automatically delete records older than (days) – Log entries older than the specified number of days will be automatically deleted.

Log Files Optimization

Optimize log files automatically – When engaged, log files will automatically be defragmented if fragmentation percentage is higher than the value specified in the If the number of unused records exceeds (%) field. All empty log entries are removed to improve performance and log processing speed. This improvement can be observed when the logs contain a large number of entries.