Operation Settings

You can configure the following operation parameters in Dr.Web for Linux settings window:

update frequency;

reaction of Dr.Web for Linux to threats detected during scanning on demand by Scanner or detected by the SpIDer Guard file system monitor;

a list of objects excluded by Scanner and SpIDer Guard from scanning;

parameters of monitoring of network connections;

schedule of scans performed by Scanner;

protection mode (standalone or centralized);

using the Dr.Web Cloud service.

To open the settings window, click on the navigation bar.

The following pages are available in the settings window:

Main allows to configure notifications and frequency of automatic updates.

Scanner allows to configure reaction of Dr.Web for Linux to threats detected by Scanner during scans on demand or scheduled scans.

SpIDer Guard allows to configure reaction of Dr.Web for Linux to threats detected by the SpIDer Guard file system monitor.

SpIDer Gate allows to configure how the SpIDer Gate monitor controls network connections.

Exclusions allows to configure the list of objects to be excluded from scans on demand or scheduled scans, as well as from the list of objects monitored by SpIDer Guard and controlled by SpIDer Gate.

Scheduler allows to configure periodical scanning according to the specified schedule.

Network allows to enable or disable a mode of scanning secure network connections (based on SSL/TLS, such as HTTPS) for SpIDer Gate, to save the Dr.Web certificate, which is used to intercept secure network connections, to a file.

Mode allows to select a protection mode (standalone or centralized protection) in which Dr.Web for Linux operates.

Dr.Web Cloud allows or prohibits Dr.Web for Linux to use the Dr.Web Cloud service.

To open the help file, click on the corresponding page of the settings window.

All settings changed on these pages are applied immediately.

 

If Dr.Web for Linux operates in centralized protection mode, some settings can be blocked and unavailable for modification.