Chapter 9. SpIDer Guard

SpIDer Guard for Windows is an antivirus guard (also called a monitor). The program constantly resides in the main memory checking all opened files on-access and monitors running processes for virus-like activity.

SpIDer Guard loads automatically at every Windows startup and cannot be unloaded during the current Windows session. If necessary, for example, to perform a task which consumes a lot of processor resources, you can temporarily disable SpIDer Guard.

With the default settings, SpIDer Guard performs on-access scanning of files that are being created or changed on the hard drives and all files that are opened on removable media and network drives. It scans the files in the same way as Dr.Web Scanner but with “milder” settings. Also, SpIDer Guard constantly monitors running processes for virus-like activity and, if such is detected, blocks malicious processes and reports to you.

By default, SpIDer Guard operates in background mode, that is, it attempts to avert detected virus threats automatically without asking for your instructions. You can change settings to configure automatic reaction to different virus events.

Setup the Guard

SpIDer Guard settings are differ depending on installed guard version. There are two versions of SpIDer Guard:

◆SpIDer Guard G3,

◆SpIDer Guard NT4.

The OS version is defined automatically before the guard installation, and corresponding SpIDer Guard version get installed (see System Requirements).