Scan boot sectors

January 20, 2022

ID 208770

The Scan boot sectors task lets you scan the process memory and kernel memory not specifying a scan scope.

Scan boot sectors task settings

Setting

Description

Log clean objects

This check box enables or disables logging the events of the ObjectProcessed type.

If this check box is selected, Kaspersky Endpoint Security logs the events of the ObjectProcessed type for any scanned object.

If this check box is cleared, Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not log the events of the ObjectProcessed type for any scanned object.

This check box is cleared by default.

Notify about unprocessed files

This check box enables or disables logging the events of the ObjectNotProcessed type if a file cannot be processed during the scan.

If this check box is selected, Kaspersky Endpoint Security logs the events of the ObjectNotProcessed type.

If this check box is cleared, Kaspersky Endpoint Security does not log the events of the ObjectNotProcessed type.

This check box is cleared by default.

Scan scopes

In this section, you can configure scan scopes for the Scan boot sectors task.

By clicking the Configure scan scopes link opens the Scan scopes window. In this window, you can specify devices whose boot sectors will be scanned.

Use heuristic analysis

This check box enables or disables heuristic analysis during an object scan.

This check box is selected by default.

Heuristic analysis level

If the Use heuristic analysis check box is selected, you can select the heuristic analysis level in the drop-down list:

  • Light is the least detailed scan, minimum system load.
  • Medium is a medium scan, balanced system load.
  • Deep is the most detailed scan, maximum system load.
  • Recommended is the optimal level recommended by Kaspersky's experts. It ensures an optimal combination of quality of protection and impact on the performance of protected servers.

    The Recommended option is selected by default.

Actions on infected objects

In this section, you can select the actions to be performed by Kaspersky Endpoint Security on an infected object that has been detected:

  • Cure the object.
  • Skip the object.

    The Cure action is selected by default.

You can also configure exclusions by mask and by threat name for the Scan boot sectors task in the Exclusion scopes section.

Did you find this article helpful?
What can we do better?
Thank you for your feedback! You're helping us improve.
Thank you for your feedback! You're helping us improve.