Settings > Real-time Scan
Real-time Scan runs continuously in the background. It provides maximum protection by scanning opened or saved files and displays a notification message when it detects a security risk.
Note: You can only configure Real-time Scan if your OfficeScan administrator grants you the privilege to modify scan settings.
Learn more about IntelliScan.
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.
Tip: Trend Micro recommends retaining the default extensions included in the list. Removing extensions may increase the chances of a security risk infection.
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.
Select additional settings under Scan settings:
Scan floppy disk at shutdown: Scans any floppy disk for boot viruses before shutting down the computer. This prevents any virus/malware from executing when a user reboots the computer from the disk.
Scan network drive: Scans mapped network drives or folders during Manual Scan or Real-time Scan
Scan compressed files: Allows OfficeScan to scan up to a specified number of compression layers and skip scanning any excess layers. OfficeScan also cleans or deletes infected files within compressed files.
Scan OLE objects: When a file contains multiple Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) layers, OfficeScan scans up to the number of layers you specify and skips the remaining layers.
Detect exploit code in OLE files: OLE Exploit Detection heuristically identifies malware by checking Microsoft Office files for exploit code.
Select the files to scan based on user activity. Click here for some sample activities.
Activity |
If the option selected is... | ||
Scan files being created/modified |
Scan files being retrieved |
Scan files being created/modified and retrieved | |
Open a read-only file |
Real-time Scan does not scan the file. |
Real-time Scan scans the file. |
Real-time Scan scans the file. |
Copy or move a file from a directory excluded from scanning |
Real-time Scan scans the file in the destination directory (if OfficeScan does not exclude this directory from scanning). |
Real-time Scan does not scan the file in the destination directory |
Real-time Scan scans the file in the destination directory (if OfficeScan does not exclude this directory from scanning). |
Configure virus/malware scan settings and spyware/grayware scan settings.
Virus/Malware scan options are shown by default.
Select the virus/malware scan action. You can use ActiveAction or a custom action. You can also choose to display a notification message as soon as OfficeScan detects virus/malware.
Tip: Trend Micro recommends that you Back up files before cleaning them. The backup folder is in {OfficeScan Client folder}/Backup.
Select whether to enable IntelliTrap.
To configure spyware/grayware scan action, select Spyware/Grayware Scan from the drop-down list and choose from the available scan actions. You can also choose to display a notification message when OfficeScan detects spyware/grayware.
Click OK.