State Indicator in Notification Area |
After the user logs on, a state indicator appears in the notification area as the Anti-virus icon (if supported by the used graphical environment). The indicator displays the application state and provides access to the Anti-virus menu. If any problem occurs (e.g., the virus databases are outdated, license is about to expire), the indicator displays an exclamation mark: The indicator is used for displaying pop-up notifications that inform the user on important events of Anti-virus operation, such as: •Detected threats (including those detected with SpIDer Guard and SpIDer Gate) •License validity period is about to expire Once the icon is clicked, the Anti-virus menu displays on the screen. Picture 3. Dr.Web for Linux menu When you select the Open Anti-virus item, Anti-virus main window appears on the screen; that is, Anti-virus operation switches to graphical mode. When you select the My Dr.Web item, your personal page on the Doctor Web official website opens in the browser (a valid Internet connection is required). Selection of Enable/Disable SpIDer Gate or Enable/Disable SpIDer Guard items starts or stops operation of the corresponding monitor. Note that you need to authenticate as a user with administrative privileges to disable operation of any monitor (refer to the Managing Application Privileges section). Selection of the Update item forces an update procedure to start. If the indicator notifies on problems in Anti-virus operation, the icon of the component, which caused the problem, also displays an exclamation mark, for example: If the indicator displays a critical error mark
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