Removable Drives Scan

When the Removable Drives Scan task is running, the application scans the removable device and its boot sectors for viruses and other malware. The following removable drives are scanned: CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, flash drives (including USB modems), external hard drives, and floppy disks.

This feature is not supported in the KESL container.

Removable Drives Scan task settings

Setting

Description

Removable drives scan enabled / disabled

This option enables or disables the scan of removable drives when they are connected to the user device.

The toggle button is switched off by default.

Action when a removable drive connects

In the drop-down list, you can select an action to be performed by the application upon connection of removable drives to the user device:

  • Do not scan removable drives when connected (default value).
  • Quick scan – only scan files of certain types on removable drives (except CD/DVD drives and Blu-ray discs) and do not unpack compound objects. For the quick scan, the default settings of the File Threat Protection component are used.
  • Detailed scan – scan all files on removable drives (except CD/DVD drives and Blu-ray discs). For a detailed scan, the default settings of the Malware Scan task are used.

Action on a CD / DVD drive connection

In the drop-down list, you can select an action to be performed by the application upon connection of CD/DVD drives and Blu-ray discs to the user device:

  • Do not scan CD/DVD drives and Blu-ray discs when connected (default value).
  • Quick scan – only scan files of certain types on CD/DVD drives and Blu-ray discs. For the quick scan, the default settings of the File Threat Protection component are used.
  • Detailed scan – scan all files on CD/DVD drives and Blu-ray discs. For a detailed scan, the default settings of the Malware Scan task are used.

Block access to the removable drive while scanning

This check box enables or disables blocking of files on the connected drive during execution of the Removable Drives Scan task.

This check box is cleared by default.

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