Scan Types

OfficeScan provides three types of scans to protect your computer from security risks.

Scan Type

Description

Real-time Scan

Automatically scans a file on the computer as it is received, opened, downloaded, copied, or modified

Manual Scan

A user-initiated scan that scans a file or a set of files requested by the user

Scheduled Scan

Automatically scans files on the computer based on the schedule that you or the OfficeScan administrator configured

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