F-PROT Antivirus has four different reaction options available for handling infected files. You may control how F-PROT Antivirus reacts if a virus is found. By default, F-PROT Antivirus disinfects and quarantines infected files upon detection without user interaction.
Below are the scanning actions of F-PROT Antivirus with their respective descriptions.
| Action Options |
Description |
| Disinfect, quarantine if unsuccessful (default) |
F-PROT Antivirus disinfects the infected files upon detection and quarantines the uncleanable infected files.
If quarantine fails due to lack of security privileges or the file is on read-only media, it will carry on scanning.
Recommended.
Both event logs and scan reports are created.
The status of scanned files is displayed on screen. |
| Disinfect, continue scan if unsuccessful |
F-PROT Antivirus disinfects the infected files upon virus detection but continues to scan even if disinfection is unsuccessful.
The status of scanned files are displayed on screen.
Both event logs and scan reports are created.
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| Quarantine |
F-PROT Antivirus moves all the suspicious/infected files to quarantine where they await for further action to be taken.
If quarantine fails due to lack of security privileges or the file is on read-only media, it will carry on scanning.
The status of scanned files are displayed on screen.
Does not disinfect infected files.
Both event logs and scan reports are created.
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| Report only |
F-PROT Antivirus takes no action if a virus is detected.
The status of scanned files are displayed on screen.
Does not disinfect infected files.
Both event logs and scan reports are created.
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