Configure Manual Scan Settings

Manual Scan starts immediately after you launch it in the client console. The time it takes to complete the scan depends on the number of files to scan and the client computer's hardware resources.

You can set Manual Scan to only scan specific files and folders or change the action it takes against detected viruses/malware and spyware/grayware.

To configure Manual Scan settings:

  1. Select the files to scan.

  1. Learn more about IntelliScan.

  2. If you choose to scan files based on extensions, you can click Edit to add or delete extensions. You do not need to add a period (.) when specifying file extensions.

  3. To exclude certain files from the scan, select Enable scan exclusion and click Edit to specify the directories, files, or file extensions to exclude. If you install the OfficeScan client on a ScanMail for Exchange server, exclude all ScanMail for Exchange folders.

  1. Select additional settings under Scan settings.

  2. Select a CPU usage level. Lower the CPU usage if your computer runs CPU-intensive applications.

  1. Configure virus/malware scan settings and spyware/grayware scan settings.

  1. Virus/Malware scan options are shown by default.

  2. Select the virus/malware scan action. You can use ActiveAction or a custom action.

  3. Select whether to scan the computer's boot area and whether to enable IntelliTrap.

  1. To configure spyware/grayware scan action, select Spyware/Grayware Scan from the drop-down list and choose from the available scan actions.

  1. Click OK.

See also:

Configure Real-time Scan Settings

Configure Scheduled Scan Settings