Tray notifications and balloons inform you on the status of the adaware antivirus application. They provide information for example on launching the scanning or on threat detected, or on malicious application blocked, etc.
Notifications and balloons display for the following events:
- Threat detected! Threat has been detected during the scanning process. Click the View details link to navigate to the Scan Computer screen.
- Threat disinfected! Threat is detected in real time. The balloon notifies you that adaware anitivirus applied the Disinfect action to the threat found. The full path to the threat found is provided in a tooltip.
- Failed to disinfect. The balloon notifies you that an attempt to remove the infected file has failed. The full path to the infected file is provided in a tooltip.
- Threat quarantined! Threat is detected in real time. The balloon notifies you that adaware anitivirus applied the Quarantine action to the threat found. The full path to the threat found is provided in a tooltip.
- Failed to quarantine. The balloon notifies you that an attempt to move the infected file into Quarantine has failed. The full path to the infected file is provided in a tooltip.
- Quick Scan Started. The balloon notifies you that the scheduled Quick Scan has started. Click the View details link to open the Scan Computer screen showing you the scanning process being performed.
- Full Scan Started. The balloon notifies you that the scheduled Full Scan has started. Click the View details link to open the Scan Computer screen showing you the scanning process being performed.
- Context Menu Scan Started. The balloon notifies you that the Context Menu Scan has started. Click the View details link to open the Scan Computer screen showing you the scanning process being performed.
- Exploit blocked. The Active Virus Control has blocked an exploit. Exploit is a malicious program or some code that takes an advantage of a security hole (i.e. a vulnerability) in an application or system, so that an attacker can use it for their benefit. The balloon shows the type and path of the blocked threat.
- Malicious application blocked. The Active Virus Control has blocked a malicious program. The balloon shows the type and path of the blocked threat.
- Special offer. A special offer is available. Click the View details link to navigate to the Home screen.
- Notification from adaware. The adaware antivirus application alerts you when a specific event occurs. For example, updates are available, or the program is about to expire, etc. Click the View details link to navigate to the Home screen.
