Monitoring File System

SpIDer Guard is an anti-virus monitor which checks all created and modified file system objects.

On the Anti-virus main window, you can manage SpIDer Guard operation

start and stop file system monitoring

view statistics on component operation and list of detected threats

configure the following operation parameters:

oreaction to detected threats

olist of exclusions

Operation Management

You can start and stop SpIDer Guard, as well as view statistics on its operation on a special page.

To open the page, click File system monitoring on the Main page or click the button on the navigation pane (the button is visible only if the page with the monitor settings is opened from the Main page).

Picture 9. Page with SpIDer Guard settings

On the page with the monitor settings, the following information is available:

Status of SpIDer Guard and information on startup errors (if any).

Statistics on SpIDer Guard operation (number of checked objects, number of detected threats, number of neutralized threats).

To enable monitoring of the file system, click Enable. To disable monitoring, click Disable.

To disable file system monitoring, the application must have elevated privileges. For details, refer to Managing Application Privileges.

 

If Anti-virus is operating in Central protection mode, this option is enabled in dependence on permissions are specified on the server.

Status of the file system monitor SpIDer Guard (enabled or disabled) is indicated with one of the following colours:

– SpIDer Guard is enabled and is protecting the file system.

– SpIDer Guard is disabled and is not protecting the file system.

To close the SpIDer Guard settings page, click Close.

The list of threats detected by SpIDer Guard in the current session of the Dr.Web Anti-virus for Linux GUI displays on the page with listed threats (the page is available only if at least one threat is detected).

Configuring SpIDer Guard

SpIDer Guard settings are specified on the SpIDer Guard tab and on the Exclusions tab on the Settings page.