Format Recognizer is a component that can be used in Kaspersky Scan Engine to recognize and skip files of certain formats during the scanning process. Skipping files increases the processing speed of Kaspersky Scan Engine in HTTP mode.
Enabling Format Recognizer
To enable Format Recognizer:
FormatRecognizerSettings
section.If this section is missing, add it manually as follows:
<FormatRecognizerSettings> ... </FormatRecognizerSettings> |
FormatsToSkipScanning
list, specify which file formats must not be scanned by Kaspersky Scan Engine, as follows:<FormatRecognizerSettings> <FormatsToSkipScanning> <KAV_FF_GENERAL_TXT/> ... <KAV_FF_AUDIO_WMA/> </FormatsToSkipScanning> </FormatRecognizerSettings> |
kavhttpd
service with the following command:/etc/init.d/kavhttpd restart
Format Recognizer will start recognizing and skipping files of the formats specified in the FormatsToSkipScanning
list. Kaspersky Scan Engine will not scan the skipped files, which will increase its processing speed.
Disabling Format Recognizer
To disable Format Recognizer:
FormatRecognizerSettings
section or leave the FormatsToSkipScanning
list empty.kavhttpd
service with the following command:/etc/init.d/kavhttpd restart