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eScan Anti-Virus Security for Mac Version 5.x Online Help
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Protection
The Protection module provides real-time protection to your system against all kinds of viruses and malwares. By default, eScan’s real-time monitor feature monitors and detects your system for any viruses. If any viruses are detected, eScan provides automatic virus pop-up alerts. Whenever eScan finds any infected file, it first tries to disinfected the file, and incase if it finds difficult to disinfect, it quarantines the file to take an action later. It helps you set an action for monitor to take in case of any virus detection. It monitors and helps you scan mails, archived files, scan packed files, and scan excluded directories, files, and specific file types. The viruses log gets created in a table format and a detailed graphical representation of the number of files infected, quarantined, deleted, disinfected, and clean files are displayed. You can modify the default settings as per your requirement.
Starting and Stopping eScan Monitor
By default, eScan real-time monitoring starts after you add a license key. This feature is available only to an administrator. The eScan Anti-Virus
icon gets mounted on the toolbar when you install eScan for Mac on your system. By default, monitor is in Turn On mode.
You can start and stop eScan monitor in the following ways:
- On the eScan for Mac window, click the eScan monitor is disabled!! Turn On button to start eScan monitor.
- On the eScan for Mac window, click the eScan monitor is enabled!! Turn Off button to stop eScan monitor.
- On upper-right corner of the window, click eScan Anti-Virus
icon, and then click Start eScan Monitor option to start eScan monitor and click Stop eScan Monitor option to stop eScan monitor. - On the eScan for Mac window, click the Protection module, and at lower-left corner of the window, click the Settings link.
When you click eScan monitor is disabled!! Turn On button, the eScan Anti-Virus 
icon in red changes to eScan Anti-Virus icon in green.
When you click eScan monitor is enabled!! Turn Off button, the eScan Anti-Virus icon in green changes to eScan Anti-Virus icon in red.
OR
Configuring the settings
Real-time Protection enables you to configure the settings as per your requirement. eScan’s real-time protection scans and monitors your system for any viruses. In case of virus detection, eScan takes an immediate action and displays the virus pop-up alerts.
You can scan mails, archives, and packed files, and also you can exclude specific directories, files, and file types.
During scanning, eScan creates a log of all the activities performed. There are different types of log level gets created, and you can select the type of log you want to view.
To configure the settings
The Protection tab appears.
