Boot sector scan task settings
This section provides information about the settings you can specify for the boot sector scan task.
All available values and default values for each setting are described. You can change setting values during the task run from command line.
Action
Selection of the action to be performed by Kaspersky Endpoint Security on infected objects.
Available values:
Disinfect—Kaspersky Endpoint Security attempts to disinfect all infected objects that are detected. If disinfection fails (for example, if the type of an object or the type of a threat in the object cannot be disinfected) Kaspersky Endpoint Security leaves the object unchanged.
Skip—Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not attempt to disinfect or delete an infected object. Information about the infected object is logged.
Default value: Disinfect
UseExcludeMasks
Enables or disables the exclusion of objects specified by using the ExcludeMasks setting from scan.
Available values:
Yes—Exclude objects specified by the ExcludeMasks setting.
No—Do not exclude objects specified by the ExcludeMasks setting.
Default value: No
ExcludeMasks.item_#
Excludes objects from scanning by name or mask. You can use this setting to exclude an individual file from the specified scan scope by name or exclude several files at once using masks in command shell format.
Before specifying a value for this setting, make sure that the UseExcludeMasks setting is enabled (UseExcludeMasks=Yes).
The default value is not defined.
UseExcludeThreats
Enables or disables the scan exclusion of objects with threats specified using the ExcludeThreats setting.
Available values:
Yes—Exclude from scanning the objects containing threats specified using the ExcludeThreats setting.
No—Do not exclude from scanning the objects containing threats specified using the ExcludeThreats setting.
Default value: No
ExcludeThreats.item_#
Excludes objects from scanning by the name of the threats detected in them. Before specifying a value for this setting, make sure that the UseExcludeThreats setting is enabled (UseExcludeThreats=Yes).
In order to exclude a single object from scanning, specify the full name of the threat detected in this object – the Kaspersky Endpoint Security string with the decision that the object is infected.
E.g., you may be using a utility to collect information about your network. To keep Kaspersky Endpoint Security from blocking it, add the full name of the threat contained in it to the list of threats excluded from scanning.
You can find the full name of the threat detected in the object in the Kaspersky Endpoint Security log. You can also find the full name of the threat on the website of the Virus Encyclopedia. To find the name of a threat, enter the application name in the Search field.
The setting value is case-sensitive.
The default value is not defined.
ReportCleanObjects
Enables or disables logging of information about scanned objects that Kaspersky Endpoint Security has deemed non-infected.
You can enable this setting, for example, to make sure that a particular object has been scanned by Kaspersky Endpoint Security.
Available values:
Yes—Log information about non-infected objects.
No—Do not log information about non-infected objects.
Default value: No
ReportUnprocessedObjects
Enables or disables logging of information about files that have not been processed for some reason.
Available values:
Yes—Log the information about unprocessed objects. Setting this parameter value to Yes for a long period is not recommended, since logging a large amount of information may reduce the application performance.
No—Do not log the information about unprocessed objects.
Default value: No
UseAnalyzer
Enables or disables Heuristic Analyzer.
Heuristic analysis helps the application to detect threats even before they become known to virus analysts.
Available values:
Yes—Enable Heuristic Analyzer
No—Disable Heuristic Analyzer
Default value: Yes
HeuristicLevel
Heuristic analysis level.
You can specify the heuristic analysis level. The heuristic analysis level sets the balance between the thoroughness of searches for threats, the load on the operating system's resources, and the scan duration. The higher the heuristic analysis level, the more resources and time are required for scanning.
Available values:
Light—The least thorough scan with minimal load on the system.
Medium—Medium heuristic analysis level; balanced load on the system.
Deep—The most thorough scan with maximal load on the operating system.
Recommended—Recommended value.
Default value: Recommended
DeviceNameMasks.item_#
List of device name masks to scan.
At least one device name mask must be specified. The setting value cannot be empty.
Available values:
AllObjects—Scan all devices.
<device name mask>—Scan devices, whose names contain the specified mask.
Default value: /** (any set of characters in the device mask name, including the / character)