Norton AntiVirus Question

Mel Culbreath · Post by **Mel Culbreath** » 27 May 2002 6:33 pm

I am running Windows 95 and Norton AntiVirus 2001.

When I go to OPTIONS, and then click on AUTO PROTECT, there is a screen that asks which file types to scan. Choices are ALL FILES or PROGRAM FILES & DOCUMENTS (recommended).

Does anyone know why it would be recommended to scan program files and documents rather than all files?

Thanks,

Mel

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 27 May 2002 7:01 pm

It saves time, plus since a virus must be run to do it's damage, the most likely virus candidates are executable programs and macros embedded in Word documents.

Mel Culbreath · Post by **Mel Culbreath** » 31 May 2002 5:04 am

Jim,

That makes sense to me.

Thanks for the answer.

Mel