Symantec 10067161 Product Manual - Page 146

146 Protecting your files and data About the Norton AntiVirus scans 2 In the Settings window, in the left pane, click Real Time Protection. 3 In the SONAR Protection row, do one of the following: 1 To turn off SONAR Protection, move the On/Off switch to the right to the Off position. 1 To turn on SONAR Protection, move the On/Off switch to the left to the On position. 4 In the Settings window, click Apply. About Real Time Exclusions Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR) provides real-time protection against threats and proactively detects unknown security risks on your computer. SONAR identifies emerging threats based on the behavior of applications. SONAR identifies threats quickly compared to the traditional signature-based threat detection techniques. SONAR detects and protects you from malicious programs even before virus definitions are available through LiveUpdate. SONAR monitors your computer for malicious activities using heuristic detections. It automatically blocks and removes high-certainty threats. Norton AntiVirus notifies you when high-certainty threats are detected and removed. However, you can configure Norton AntiVirus to exclude certain programs from the Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans and SONAR scans. You should exclude programs only if you are confident that they are not infected. You can exclude the programs from the Auto-Protect scans and SONAR scans by adding them to the Real Time Exclusions window. When you add a program to the Real Time Exclusions window, Norton AntiVirus ignores the file when it performs Auto-Protect scan and SONAR scan. This option also excludes subfolders within a folder.