The Checksum Extensions Dialog

The Checksum Extensions Dialog

Introduction

Checksum Extensions dialog fields

Checksum Extensions dialog buttons

The Checksum Extensions dialog enables you to customize the application file types that RealSecure Desktop Protector lists when it inspects your system. Desktop Protector determines which files are included in the baseline from the file name's extension (the three characters after the period).

The information in the file pane appears in this field:

Field

Information

 

 

Extensions

In the text box, enter the three-character extension for an

 

application type you want Desktop Protector to track.

 

The box below contains the extensions for the application types

 

that Desktop Protector already looks for. By default, Desktop

 

Protector records these application types:

 

dll: dynamic link library, a collection of resources that enable

 

a program file to do its job

 

drv: driver, a small program that enables a device or service

 

to work

 

exe: executable file, containing program instructions

 

ocx: special-purpose program for functions such as scroll bar

 

movement and window resizing in Windows applications

 

scr: screensaver program

 

sys: files that control basic operating system functions

 

vxd: “virtual device” that enables other software to work

 

 

 

 

Table 38: Information fields on the Checksum Extensions dialog

The Checksum Extensions dialog includes these buttons:

This button...

Has this effect...

 

 

Add

To add a file type to your system baseline, enter an extension in

 

the Extensions: text box and click Add.

 

 

Delete

To have Desktop Protector ignore a file type when it creates your

 

baseline, highlight the file type and click Enter.

 

 

OK

Saves your settings and closes the Checksum Extensions dialog.

 

 

Cancel

Closes the Checksum Extensions dialog without saving any

 

changes.

 

 

Help

Opens this online help system.

 

 

 

 

Table 39: Buttons on the Checksum Extensions dialog

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