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JasonMel
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 Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:17 pm |
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I just installed ClamWin on a fresh XP Home install with nothing but Firefox installed. The scan function works, but the right-click menu item (Explorer shell extension) "Scan with ClamWin Free Antivirus" hasn't appeared, even after a reboot. Have I missed the configuration option for turning it on?
[Edit: version 0.97]
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GuitarBob
| Joined: 09 Jul 2006 |
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| Location: USA |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:03 pm |
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There is an option to integrate ClamWin with Windows Explorer during installation. You have to check a box. Looks like you missed it. Just re-install ClamWin and watch for the option.
Regards,
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JasonMel
| Joined: 20 Feb 2011 |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:27 pm |
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I know what it was. I saw the installation option, and read "Internet Explorer." I was wondering why there wasn't a similar option for Firefox.
Works now. Thank you.
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GuitarBob
| Joined: 09 Jul 2006 |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:14 pm |
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It is neither an Internet Explorer nor a Fire Fox option--it's a Windows Explorer (the local machine file browser) option and isn't browser-related.
Since ClamWin is an on-demand scanner, it should be used as a backup to a real-time (on-access) scanner. Avira AntiVir, Avast, AVG and Microsoft Security Essentials are all decent real-time scanners with free versions available. The Clam Sentinel program (a separate project from ClamWin) enables you to scan in real-time using ClamWin, and it also has its own heuristic scanning engine to identify a large portion of new malware for which there are no signatures yet.
Regards,
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