Kaspersky Scan Engine

Service settings

This section describes the Service section of the Settings page.

Service settings

If Kaspersky Scan Engine is initialized in HTTP mode, you can specify the following settings:

• Address that Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine listens on for incoming objects to check

  It can be either a UNIX socket or an IP address and port.

• Under Paths for remote scanning over a TCP socket you can specify paths to the locations where scanning is allowed when an HTTP client sends scan requests over a TCP socket from a remote computer. Specify these locations to prevent a remote HTTP client from accidentally scanning the whole file system on the computer where Kaspersky Scan Engine is installed.

  Possible values:

  • Absolute paths to a directory

    This value allows you to scan files that are located inside this directory and all its subdirectories.

    The directory must be located on the same computer as Kaspersky Scan Engine or on a remote hard disk mounted on that computer.

    The path must start from the root directory of the computer that Kaspersky Scan Engine is installed on.

    The kavhttpd service must have permissions to read files in the directory and its subdirectories.

  • Absolute path to a file

    Allows you to scan the specified file.

    The file must be located on the same computer as Kaspersky Scan Engine or on a remote hard disk mounted on that computer.

    The path must start from the root directory of the computer that Kaspersky Scan Engine is installed on.

    The kavhttpd service must have permissions to read the file.

  • / (forward slash)

    Allows you to scan all files.

If Kaspersky Scan Engine is initialized in ICAP mode, you can set the following settings:

• Port that Kaspersky Scan Engine listens on for ICAP requests with contents to scan
• Setting that specifies whether Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine must send the 204 code

For either mode you can specify the following settings under Maximum values:

• Sessions—Maximum number of sessions

  The default value is 10.

• Connections—Maximum number of active TCP connections that KAV HTTP can maintain simultaneously

  The default value is 100.

• Threads—Maximum number of scanning threads. You can have up to 256 scanning threads.

  The default value is 16.

• Scanners—Maximum number of scanners. You can have up to 256 scanners.

  The default value is 16.

When you apply new service settings, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Engine restarts.