Objects

The Objects section enables you to define which files are scanned for infiltrations.  The following settings are available:

•Symbolic links - (Computer scan only) scans files that contain a text string that is interpreted and followed by the operating system as a path to another file or directory.

•Email files - (Not available in Real-time Protection) scans email files.

•Mailboxes - Nnot available in Real-time Protection) scans user mailboxes in the system. Incorrect use of this option may cause a conflict with your email client. To learn more about advantages and disadvantages of this option, read the following knowledgebase article.

•Archives - (Not available in Real-time Protection) scans files compressed in archives (.rar, .zip, .arj, .tar, and so on).

•Self-extracting archives - (Not available in Real-time Protection) scans files which are contained in self-extracting archive files.

•Runtime packers - uUnlike standard archive types, runtime packers decompress in memory. When you select this option, standard static packers (for eample, UPX, yoda, ASPack, and FGS) are also scanned.