ACRONIS Backup and Security 2010 User's Guide download pdf (Page 145)

Click OK to save the changes and close the window. To run the task, just click Scan.

17.2.5. Scanning Files and Folders

Before you initiate a scanning process, you should make sure that Acronis Backup

and Security 2010 is up to date with its malware signatures. Scanning your computer

using an outdated signature database may prevent Acronis Backup and Security

2010 from detecting new malware found since the last update. To verify when the

last update was performed, go to Update>Update in Expert Mode.

Note

In order for Acronis Backup and Security 2010 to make a complete scanning, you

need to shut down all open programs. Especially your email-client (i.e. Outlook,

Outlook Express or Eudora) is important to shut down.

Scanning Tips

Here are some more scanning tips you may find useful:

● Depending on the size of your hard disk, running a comprehensive scan of your

computer (such as Deep System Scan or System Scan) may take a while (up to

an hour or even more). Therefore, you should run such scans when you do not

need to use your computer for a longer time (for example, during the night).

You can schedule the scan to start when convenient. Make sure you leave your

computer running. With Windows Vista, make sure your computer is not in sleep

mode when the task is scheduled to run.

● If you frequently download files from the Internet to a specific folder, create a

new scan task and set that folder as scan target. Schedule the task to run every

day or more often.

● There is a kind of malware which sets itself to be executed at system startup by

changing Windows settings. To protect your computer against such malware, you

can schedule the Auto-logon Scan task to run at system startup. Please note

that autologon scanning may affect system performance for a short time after

startup.

Scanning Methods

Acronis Backup and Security 2010 provides four types of on-demand scanning:

● Immediate scanning - run a scan task from the system / user tasks.

● Contextual scanning - right-click a file or a folder and select Scan with Acronis

Backup and Security.

● Drag&Drop scanning - drag and drop a file or a folder over the Scan Activity Bar.

● Manual scanning - use Acronis Manual Scan to directly select the files or folders

to be scanned.

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