Predefined scan scopes

The list of protected device file resources for the selected On-Demand Scan task is displayed in the Scan scope window.

The file resource list displays the nodes to which you have read-access based on the configured Microsoft Windows security settings.

Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes contains the following predefined scan scopes:

• All hard drives. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans objects on a protected device hard drives. All hard drives, individual disks, folders or files can be included in or excluded from the scan scope.
• All removable drives. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans files on external devices, such as CDs or removable drives. All removable drives, individual disks, folders or files can be included in or excluded from the scan scope.
• All network drives. Network folders or files can be added to the scan scope by specifying their path in UNC (Universal Naming Convention) format. The account used to start the task must have permissions to access the added network folders and files. By default, On-Demand Scan tasks run under the system account.

  Connected network drives will also not be displayed in the protected device's file resource tree. To include objects on network drives in the scan scope, specify the path to the folder that corresponds to the network drive in UNC format.

• Kernel Memory. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans the executable files and modules of the processes running in the operating system when the scan is initiated.
• Running processes and Startup Objects. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans objects referred to by registry keys and configuration files, for example WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI, as well as the application's modules that are started automatically at protected device startup.
• Disk boot sectors. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans boot sectors of hard drives and removable media.
• My email. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans files relevant to the Outlook mail client: data files (PST), offline data files (OST).
• System Backup. Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Nodes scans the contents of the System Volume Information folder.

Standard scan scopes are displayed in the tree of network file resources by default. They can be added to the list of network file resources when it is created in the scan scope settings.

By default, On-Demand Scan tasks are run under the following scopes:

• Scan at Operating System Startup task:
  • Kernel Memory.
  • Disk boot sectors.
• Critical Areas Scan task:
  • All hard drives (excluding Windows folders).
  • All removable drives.
  • Kernel Memory.
  • Running processes and Startup Objects.
• On-Demand Scan task:
  • All hard drives (excluding Windows folders).
  • All removable drives.
  • Kernel Memory.
  • Running processes and Startup Objects.
• Full Scan task:
  • All hard drives (excluding Windows folders).
  • All removable drives.
  • Kernel Memory.
  • Running processes and Startup Objects.
  • System Backup.
  • Disk boot sectors.
  • My email.

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