Dr.Web Scanner: On-Demand Scan

On-demand scanning of the file system is provided by Dr.Web Scanner. It performs express or full scan of the whole file system or scans critical files and folders only.

You should scan the system periodically, especially if SpIDer Guard have not been active for a while. Usually, the express scan is sufficient for this purpose.

In the central protection mode, some features and settings of Dr.Web Scanner may be modified and blocked for compliance with the company security policy or according to the list of purchased services. The scan may start in accordance with a schedule set by network administrator.

To scan the system, on the main screen tap Scanner and on the next screen (see Figure 13) select one of the following actions:

•To scan only selected files and folders, tap Custom scan, select the objects from the list (see Figure 14) and then tap Scan. You can select all objects in the current location (use the check box above the list).

If your device is rooted, you can also scan /sbin and /data folders located in the root directory.

If Dr.Web Scanner finds threats on your device, the

sign will appear at the bottom of the Scanner screen. Tap it to view the list of detected threats and neutralize them. If you switch to another screen or application, you can open the list of threats by tapping the sign in the notification bar.

You can submit to Doctor Web anti-virus laboratory suspicious ZIP archives (files with the *.jar and *.apk extensions) presumably containing viruses, *.dex, *.odex, *.so files, or clean ZIP-archives that has been identified as so-called false positive:

1.Tap and hold the file in the hierarchical list (see Figure 14), then tap Send to laboratory.

2.In the next screen, enter your email address if you want to receive the results of the file analysis.

•False positive or False positive by Origins Tracing – if you think that the file was identified as a threat by mistake.

To choose between two categories of false positive, use the name of the threat that the file presumably contains: select the False positive by Origins Tracing category, if the name contains the ".origin" postfix and the False positive category in other cases.

Doctor Web anti-virus laboratory accepts files of 50 MB or less.

To access Dr.Web Scanner settings, open the application settings screen and select Scanner.

•To check files in archives, select the Files in archives check box in the Scanner section.

By default, the archives check is disabled. Enabling the check of archives may influence the system performance and increase power consumption. Disabling the archives check does not decrease the protection level because Dr.Web Scanner checks all Android installation (*.apk) files even if the Files in archives option is off.

•To enable/disable detection of adware and riskware (including hacktools and jokes), on the Scanner section, tap Additional options, then select/clear the Adware and Riskware check boxes.

The application registers events related to Dr.Web Scanner operation (scan type and results, detected threats). All registered actions are displayed in the Actions section, on the Statistics tab sorted by date (see Statistics).