Scan
File Threat Protection and Web Threat Protection provide real-time computer protection, but we also recommend that you regularly scan your computer for viruses and other computer security threats. Computer scanning is necessary to prevent the spread of malware that has not been detected by the protection components.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security contains the following built-in scan tasks:
Full Scan.A virus scan of the computer's memory, startup objects, and all internal disks.
Quick Scan.A virus scan of only critical areas of the computer: memory, startup objects, and system folders.
Custom Scan.A virus scan of a specified object (file, folder, internal disk, or removable disk).
Each scan task is performed within a specified scan scope and is started manually. Malicious objects are recognized through signature analysis. In addition to signature analysis, Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses heuristic analysis and other scanning technologies.
Start Full Scan and Quick Scan tasks
- Open the main application window and click
.The Scan window opens.
- In the Scan window, click the Start Full Scan or Start Quick Scan button.
The scan task starts.
Start a Custom Scan task
- Open the main application window and click .
The Scan window opens.
- To start the Custom Scan task, do one of the following:
- Drag a file or folder onto the window.
- Click Choose and open a file or folder.
The scan task starts.
Stop a scan task
- Open the main application window and click .
The Scan window opens.
- In the Scan window, click Stop next to the scan task that you want to stop.
A confirmation dialog opens.
- In the confirmation dialog, click Stop.
The scan task stops.
You can schedule a Full Scan or Quick Scan task.
Schedule a scan task from the Scan window
- Open the main application window and click .
The Scan window opens.
- Click
Schedule Scan.A dialog opens where you can set the schedule.
- Select the Full Scan or Quick Scan checkbox.
- Specify the scanning frequency and the scan start time.
- Click OK.
Schedule a scan task from the Preferences window
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Scan tab, click Schedule.
- In the window that opens, select the checkbox next to the name of the scan task you want to start on a schedule.
- Configure the scan task frequency and time.
- Click OK to save changes made to the scan task schedule.
The Full Scan and Quick Scan tasks already contain scan scopes. While performing the Full Scan task, Kaspersky Endpoint Security scans the computer's memory, startup objects, and all internal disks. While performing the Quick Scan task, Kaspersky Endpoint Security scans computer memory, startup objects, and system folders. You can change the scan scope of the Quick Scan task.
Note: On computers running macOS 10.15 or later, you can skip scanning of the read-only system volume to significantly reduce scanning time. By default, Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not scan the read-only system volume when performing a Quick Scan task and does scan it when performing a Full Scan task.
Enable/disable scanning of the read-only system volume
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Scan tab, in the list on the left, select the Full Scan or Quick Scan task.
- In the Optimization section, deselect/select the Skip scanning of read-only system volume checkbox.
Important: Optimization might be disabled for security reasons.
Add/remove a file or folder to/from the Quick Scan task scan scope
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Scan tab, in the list on the left, select the Quick Scan task.
- In the Scan scope section, click Edit.
A window with the list of objects in the Quick Scan task scan scope opens.
- Edit the list of scan scope objects:
- To add a file or folder to the Quick Scan task scan scope:
- Click
.A pop-up menu where you can select objects to add to the scan scope appears.
- Choose the Files and Folders item.
A dialog where you can select a file or folder opens.
- Select a file or folder that you want to add to the Quick Scan task scan scope.
- Click Open.
- To remove a file or folder from the Quick Scan task scan scope:
- Select an object that you want to remove.
- Drag the selected object from the window or click
.
- Click Save.
Add an object on the default Quick Scan list to the Quick Scan task scan scope
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Scan tab, in the list on the left, select the Quick Scan task.
- In the Scan scope section, click Edit.
A window with the list of objects in the scan scope opens.
- Click .
A pop-up menu where you can select objects to add to the scan scope appears.
- In the pop-up menu, select an object that you want to add to the scan scope (for example, Memory).
- Click OK.
Disable protection of an object in the Quick Scan task scan scope
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Scan tab, in the list on the left, select the Quick Scan task.
- In the Scan scope section, click Edit.
A window with the list of scan scope objects opens.
- Deselect the checkbox next to the object in the list of scan scope objects.
- Click OK.
If a threat is detected in a file, the application displays a notification and performs the specified action on the object. You can modify the action to perform when an object is detected.
Select the action that Kaspersky Endpoint Security performs after detecting infected files
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Scan tab, select a task in the task list.
- In the Action section, select the action that Kaspersky Endpoint Security performs after detecting infected files.
Before disinfecting or deleting an infected file, Kaspersky Endpoint Security saves a copy of it in Backup, so you can restore the original file, if necessary.
Information about the results of scan tasks and all detected objects is logged in a report.
Note: If any errors occur while running a virus scan task, start the task again. If the new attempt to run the scan also results in an error, contact Kaspersky Technical Support.
View a scan task report
- In the menu bar, choose Protection > Reports.
The Reports window opens.
- Open the Scan tab.
Information about the progress of each running scan task (percent complete and time remaining) is displayed in the Scan window.
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