Settings

There are settings that you can configure to customize how you use ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS. These include Custom Scan options and General options. You can also reset the options.

To view the settings do the following:

In the top-right corner of the Main window click Settings.

Custom Scan Options

You can select what items you want to scan. For more information, see Starting a Scan. By default, all items are selected to be scanned including processes, registry, system folders, host file, selected folders, master boot records, and the system memory. You can also choose to scan any external drives that are connected.

To open the Custom Scan settings:

Click the Settings link in the Main window and select Custom Scan in the left pane of the Settings window.

You can select or clear any of the options or selected folders and drives that are listed. When you are finished click the OK button to save your changes.

General Options

You can view and configure the General option settings. This includes automatic update options, general settings, and miscellaneous options. To manually check for updates see About Page. The general options and miscellaneous settings are self-explanatory and you can select or clear these options.

To open the General Options settings:

Click the Settings link in the Main window and select General Options in the left pane of the Settings window.

Update options include both database and program update settings. You can receive automatic product and database updates.

Database Update Options

By default, ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS will automatically check for updates every time it is launched. If there is an update available, it will ask you if you want to download the update. There are automatic settings that you can configure for receiving database updates.

To turn off automatic database updates:

In the General Options page, clear the Automatically check for database updates option.

By default you will automatically receive prompts asking if you want to proceed with a database update.

To turn off receiving prompts before downloading the updates:

In the General Options page, clear the Ask before downloading database updates option.

Program Update Options

You can configure the Program Update settings so that your ParetoLogic applications will behave in the same way.

To begin do the following:

1. In the General Options page, click the Configure Program Updates Options button.
2. Configure the ParetoLogic Update Options settings.
3. Click OK.

You can get more assistance on the Update Option settings by clicking the Help button or pressing the F1 key. This will launch the Update Options help file.

Resetting the Options

You can restore the settings to what they first were when you first installed and launched ParetoLogic Anti-Virus PLUS.

To reset the options to the default settings:

In the Settings window, click the Reset to Defaults button located at the bottom left side of the window.