Detection of unsolicited programs is enabled/disabled in each component of Dr.Web.

Dr.Web scanner for Windows (with graphical interface)

In the “Actions” pane, in the “Malware” group, select the type of programs the detection of which you want to enable/disable. In the drop-down menu, select the necessary action upon detection — Move, Rename, Report, Delete, Ignore. Save the changes made by pressing the OK button. Deselect the “Prompt on action” check box to enable the detection without asking for a user's prompt on action. These changes act until the scanner is open. To save new settings, select "Settings|"Save setting" in the main scanner menu.

By default, for Adware and Dialers, the “Report” action is set, for other programs — the “Ignore” action is set.

In SpIDer Guard 95/98/Me

Right click the mouse button over the SpIDer Guard's icon in the system tray (resembling of a spider). In the opened contextual menu, select the “Settings” item. In the “Actions” pane, in the “Malware” group, select the type of programs the detection of which you want to enable/disable. In the drop-down menu, select the necessary action upon detection — Move, Rename, Report, Delete, Ignore. Save the changes made by pressing the OK button. By default, for Adware and Dialers, the “Report” action is set, for other programs — the “Ignore” action is set.

In SpIDer Guard NT/2000/XP

Right click the mouse button over the SpIDer Guard's icon in the system tray (resembling of a spider). In the opened contextual menu, select the “Settings” item. In the “Actions” pane, in the “Malware” group, select the type of programs the detection of which you want to enable/disable. In the "Primary action" field on the right, select the necessary action upon detection of such programs. Save the changes made by pressing the OK button.

By default, for Adware and Dialers, the “Report” action is set, for other programs — the “Ignore” action is set.

In SpIDer Mail

Right click the mouse button over the SpIDer Mail's icon in the system tray (resembling of a spider against the white envelope). In the opened contextual menu, select the “Settings” item. In the “Scan” pane, in the "Check for" group, select the type of programs the detection of which you want to enable/disable.

To disable detection, uncheck the box. To enable detection, check the box. Save the changes made by pressing the OK button.

By default, the detection of Adware and Dialers is enabled.

In Dr.Web for Unix graphical interface module

Enabling/disabling of actions with unsolicited programs is made in the “Actions” pane of the “Settings” pane. Select the type of programs the detection of which you want to enable/disable. In the drop-down menu, select the necessary action upon detection — Report, Delete, Quarantine, Rename, Ignore. Save the changes made by pressing the OK button.

By default, for all types of detected programs, the “Report” action is enabled.

In the command line scanner for Unix

Command line parameters (keys), used for actions with unsolicited software

Actions for Adware
-adw [d|m|r|i]
d — delete, m — move, r — rename or ' i ' — ignore

Actions for Dialers
-dls [d|m|r|i]
d — delete, m — move, r — rename or ' i ' — ignore

Actions for Jokes
-jok [d|m|r|i]
d — delete, m — move, r — rename or ' i ' — ignore

Actions for Hacktools
-hck [d|m|r|i]
d — delete, m — move, r — rename or ' i ' — ignore

Actions for Riskware
-rsk [d|m|r|i]
d — delete, m — move, r — rename or ' i ' — ignore

In the command line scanners for Windows, MS DOS, OS/2

Command line parameters (keys), used for actions with unsolicited software

Actions for Adware
/ADW [D|M|R|I]
D — delete, M — move, R — rename, I — ignore

Actions for Dialers
/DLS [D|M|R|I]
D — delete, M — move, R — rename, I — ignore

Actions for Jokes
/JOK [D|M|R|I]
D — delete, M — move, R — rename, I — ignore

Actions for Hacktools
/HCK [D|M|R|I]
D — delete, M — move, R — rename, I — ignore

Actions for Riskware
/RSK [D|M|R|I]
D — delete, M — move, R — rename, I — ignore

General actions with unsolicited programs
/MW [D|M|RI]
D — delete, M — move, R — rename, I — ignore

In Dr.Web for Novell NetWare

Select the "Scan settings" menu (Scanning standard settings). Select the type of programs the detection of which you want to enable/disable. Select the necessary reaction. Such setting of standard scanning parameters can be made either from "Setup"manu for processes run manually, or from the "On access" menu for "on-the-fly" scanning processes.