Settings > Scheduled Scan
You can configure OfficeScan to scan your computer at a pre-arranged time and the computer will start scanning without user intervention.
Note: You can only configure Scheduled Scan if your OfficeScan administrator grants you the privilege to modify scan settings.
Specify the scan frequency (daily, weekly, or monthly) and time. Selecting None disables Scheduled Scan.
For monthly Scheduled Scans, you can choose either a particular day of a month or a day of a week and the order of its occurrence.
A particular day of a month
Select between the 1st and 31st day. If you selected the 29th, 30th, or 31st day and a month does not have this day, OfficeScan runs Scheduled Scan on the last day of the month. Therefore:
If you selected 29, Scheduled Scan runs on February 28 (except on a leap year) and on the 29th day of all the other months.
If you selected 30, Scheduled Scan runs on February 28 or 29, and on the 30th day of all the other months.
If you selected 31, Scheduled Scan runs on February 28 or 29, April 30, June 30, September 30, November 30, and on the 31st day of all the other months.
A day of a week and the order of its occurrence
A day of a week occurs four or five times a month. For example, there are typically four Mondays in a month.
Specify a day of a week and the order in which it occurs during a month. For example, choose to run Scheduled Scan on the second Monday of each month. If you choose the fifth occurrence of a day and it does not exist during a particular month, the scan runs on the fourth occurrence.
Select the files to scan.
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 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.
OLE exploit detection: OLE Exploit Detection heuristically identifies malware by checking Microsoft Office files for exploit code.
Select a CPU usage level. Lower the CPU usage if your computer runs CPU-intensive applications.
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.
Choose an action for probable virus/malware.
Trend Micro recommends that you Back up files before cleaning them. The backup folder is in {OfficeScan Client folder}/Backup.
Choose to display a notification message as soon as OfficeScan detects virus/malware.
Scan the boot area of the computer for boot viruses.
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.