In the Administration Console, you can scan for malware using the Malware Scan task.
You can run an automatically created group task and also create and run user tasks for scanning. You can configure scan settings by editing the settings of Malware Scan tasks.
In the Settings section of the properties of the Malware Scan task, you can configure the settings listed in the table below.
Malware Scan task settings
Setting |
Description |
|---|---|
Scan |
This group of settings contains buttons that open windows where you can configure the scan scopes, scan scope settings, and scan settings. |
Action on threat detection |
This group of settings contains the Configure button. Clicking this button opens the Action on threat detection window, where you can configure the actions that the application performs on detected infected objects. |
In the Exclusions section of the Malware Scan task properties, you can also configure exclusion scopes or exclusions by mask and by the threat name.