Editing the protection scope of File Anti-Virus

The protection scope refers to the objects that the File Anti-Virus component scans during its operation. By default, File Anti-Virus scans only infectable files that are stored on hard drives, removable drives, and network drives of a protected virtual machine. You can expand or narrow the scanning scope by adding or removing objects to be scanned by File Anti-Virus.

To create the File Anti-Virus protection scope:

1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
4. Select the Light Agent for Linux policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> window by double-clicking.
5. In the policy properties window, select the File Anti-Virus section in the list on the left.
6. In the right part of the window, in the Security level section, click the Settings button.
7. In the File Anti-Virus window that opens, select the General tab.
8. In the File types section, specify the type of files that you want File Anti-Virus to scan:
   • If you want to scan all files, select All files.
   • Select Files scanned by format if you want to scan files of the formats that, according to Kaspersky experts, are currently most susceptible to infection.
   • Select Files scanned by extension if you want to scan files with extensions that, according to Kaspersky experts, are currently most susceptible to infection.

   The list of scanned extensions and the list of scanned file formats are changed dynamically in order to match the current need to maintain your virtual machine security.

9. In the Protection scope section, create the File Anti-Virus protection scope.
   • To add a new object to the list of objects to be scanned:
     1. Click the Add button.
     2. In the Select object window that opens, select an object and click Add.
     3. Click OK.

     All objects that are selected in the Select object window are displayed in the File Anti-Virus window, in the Protection scope list.

   • To change the path to an object:
     1. Select the object in the list of objects and click Edit.
     2. In the Select object window that opens, in the Object field, specify another path to the object and click OK.
   • To remove an object from the protection scope:
     1. Select the object in the list of objects and click Delete.
     2. In the removal confirmation window, click Yes.
   • To exclude an object from the protection scope without removing it, clear the check box next to the object in the Protection scope list. The object remains on the list of objects to be scanned, though it is excluded from scanning by File Anti-Virus.
10. Click OK in the File Anti-Virus window.
11. Click the Apply button.