Frequently asked questions about Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate 9.0
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What is Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate?Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate is an integrated software suite that protects computers connected to the Internet on your network: - Management Console — Powerful tool used to deploy components and execute Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate tasks on the remote computers
- Spyware Software Removal — Clean-up of spyware that secretly operates on a user's computer
- Spyware Shield — Real-time proactive processes analysis and registry changes detection
- Quarantine — Special protected folder on the user's computer that contains recently deleted spyware object in case you need them
- Spyware Updates — Spyware Definitions update service that enables you to obtain the most up-to-date information and spyware protection from Acronis
- Pop-up Blocker — Stops unwanted pop-up ads for convenient Web browsing
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What operating systems does Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate support?Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate Management Console can be installed under almost all operating systems of Windows family: - Windows 98 SE
- Windows ME
- Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 Workstation/Server
- Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server
- Windows XP Home/Professional
- Windows 2003 Server
You can install Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate Agent on the following operating systems: - Windows 98 SE
- Windows ME
- Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 Workstation
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows XP Professional
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What is Spyware Removal?Spyware Removal tool available in Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate finds and removes spyware from the computers on your network. Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate provides an easy-to-use wizard that allows you to configure the settings of Spyware Removal: - Scanning mode (smart or deep)
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What is Acronis Spyware Shield?Acronis Privacy Expert Corporategetting on your computer in the first place. This feature is provided by Acronis Spyware Shield — a special tool that monitors your system for suspicious applications and components. Spyware Shield gets enabled during its remote installation. You can enable or disable it any time you want (either locally or remotely). Top
What is spyware definitions database? How is it updated?The spyware definitions database allows Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate to detect spyware activity traces and to prevent it from getting on your computer, or to remove it if the spyware had already penetrated into your system. Acronis Development Team is continuously working on the expansion of the spyware definitions database for Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate to detect as wide variety of spyware as possible. You can both update the spyware definitions database right away and schedule automatic updates. In the latter case, the program will either notify you when an update is available or download and install them in background mode. Please note that you can choose the particular remote computers (with agents installed) on which the spyware definitions database should be updated. Top
What is Acronis Pop-up Blocker?Acronis Pop-up Blocker is a useful tool for everyone who is annoyed with constantly appearing pop-up windows while browsing some Internet sites. It not only blocks these windows but also can block flash animations, animated GIF pictures, and ActiveX objects. You can deploy Acronis Pop-up Blocker remotely on the target computers using Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate Management Console. You can enable/disable Acronis Pop-up Blocker service either remotely using Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate Management Console or locally from Start –> Programs –> Acronis –> Privacy Expert –> Acronis Pop-up Blocker. Top
What browsers does Acronis Pop-up Blocker support?Acronis Pop-up Blocker supports only Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher. Top
Can I schedule several tasks to start at the same time?Yes, you can. All the tasks you scheduled will start at the time you choose. Top
How can I view the scheduled tasks?After the task is distributed to selected computers, you can see it in the Task panel of the Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate Management Console. Top
Can I somehow undelete accidentally removed spyware instances?Though the case is unlikely, you may want to restore some of the items (files, registry keys etc.), deleted by spyware removal operations. Besides, it may be useful to look through the list of deleted objects and obtain the detailed information about Acronis Privacy Expert Corporate operation on remote computers. To allow viewing and recovery of the deleted objects, they are not lost forever, but stored on the user's computer in a special folder, referred to as the Quarantine. Top
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