How to help protect your computer from viruses when you use Groove Virtual Office (914622)

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The Groove certificate-based component download scheme can only guarantee the identity of the publisher of documents. Similarly, the workspace security scheme in Groove can only guarantee the identities of the workspace members who add files to the workspace. Neither scheme can guarantee the quality of the contents of the published code or of the inserted file. You are responsible for helping to protect the computer from harmful software just as you are responsible for helping to protect your computer when you use other file-sharing programs such as e-mail readers and Web browsers.

You should use an antivirus program to help protect your computer from malicious programs and scripts. Groove Virtual Office 3.0 and later versions of Groove Virtual Office can integrate with antivirus products that support the Microsoft Antivirus function. If this function is enabled, Groove intercepts all files that are being called from or added to a workspace or to an instant message. This includes files that are added as attachments. Then, Groove calls the antivirus provider to scan the intercepted files.

To enable the Microsoft Antivirus function, follow these steps:

1. On the Options menu, click Preferences, and then click the Options tab.
2. Under Security Settings, click to select the Scan incoming and outgoing files for viruses check box.
   
   Note By default, this check box is not selected. When this check box is selected, all files will be scanned. Therefore, performance may be affected.