Viruses from various sources such as email attachments, Internet downloads, file transfer, and file execution try to infiltrate your device. This feature helps you to continuously keep monitoring your system for viruses.
Importantly, this feature does not re-scan the files that have not changed since the previous scan, thereby lowering resource usage.
Quick Heal recommends you to always keep Virus Protection turned on to keep your device clean and secure from any potential threats.
By default, Virus Protection is turned on.
i. Configuring Virus Protection
To configure Virus Protection, follow these steps:
- Open Quick Heal Total Security.
- On the left pane, navigate to Protection > Device Security > Virus Protection.
- Turn Virus Protection on.
- Set the following options as per requirement:
- Display alert message – Select this option if you want to get the alerts on various events. For example, when malware is detected. This option is selected by default.
- Backup Files and Folders – Select this option if you want to take a backup of a file before taking an action. Files that are stored in the backup can be restored from Quarantine.
- To save your setting, click Save.
ii. Turning off Virus Protection
It is recommended that you always keep Virus Protection turned on to keep your system clean and secure from any potential threats. You can turn Virus Protection off when required. While you turn Virus Protection off, you have a number of options to turn off the feature temporarily, so that it turns on automatically after the select time interval passes.
To turn off Virus Protection, follow these steps.
- Open Quick Heal Total Security.
- On the left pane, navigate to Protection and then click Virus Protection. Turn Virus Protection off.
- To turn off Virus Protection, select one of the following options:
- Turn on after 15 minutes
- Turn on after 30 minutes
- Turn on after 1 hour
- Turn on after next reboot
- Permanently disable
- To save your settings, click OK.