General Settings

This settings category allows you to customize a range of generic and global settings which affect the overall behavior of PC Tools AntiVirus. These include:

• Quarantine items before removal - selecting this check box ensures that PC Tools AntiVirus attempts to quarantine all infected or suspicious items detected in a File Scan or by OnGuard before they are removed. Having this option selected allows you to restore quarantined items at a later time. Note: This setting takes precedence over the removal actions that can be set on the Scan Settings and OnGuard Settings screens. Therefore, to remove detected items without quarantining them, clear this check box and set the relevant actions on the Scan and OnGuard Settings screens to Remove.

• Delete quarantined items after restoring - selecting this check box results in the automatic removal of quarantined items from the Quarantined Items List after they have been restored.

• OnGuard tools can display popup alert window - selecting this check box causes PC Tools AntiVirus to display popup alerts of real-time OnGuard activities above the SysTray. If this option is cleared, all popup alerts are suppressed and infection detections are recorded in the Infected items list. Note: You can also suppress popup alerts by clicking on the Hide Alerts link that appears on any popup alert.

• Show splash screen - selecting this check box displays the splash screen whenever PC Tools AntiVirus starts up.

• Scan button action - select the default scan function on the System Scan screen, which is accessed by clicking the Scan button on the left of the Main Status screen.

• Select language - select the default language for the product interface.