Objects

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

•Symbolic links – Scans files that contain a text string that is interpreted as a path to a file or directory (computer scan only).

•Email files – Scans email files (this is not available in real-time protection).

•Mailboxes – Scans user mailboxes in the system. Incorrect use of this option may result in a conflict with your email client (this is not available in real-time protection). To learn more about advantages and disadvantages of this option, read the following knowledgebase article.

•Archives – Scans files compressed in archives (.rar, .zip, .arj, .tar, and so on) (this is not available in real-time protection).

•Self-extracting archives – Scans files contained in self-extracting archive files (this is not available in real-time protection).

•Runtime packers – Scans standard static packers (for example, UPX, yoda, ASPack, and FGS). Note that unlike standard archive types, runtime packers decompress in memory.