On-demand Scan Settings
If Threat Management Agent is not installed on the endpoint, instruct users to run On-demand Scan. If the agent is installed, you can run On-demand Scan remotely from the Threat Mitigator console or users can run the scan themselves. For details on running On-demand Scan, see Running On-demand Scan.
Configure the settings used when you or users run On-demand Scan.
To configure On-demand Scan settings:
On-demand Scan
Allow user-initiated scan to run by selecting Launch the scan from <On-demand Scan URL>.
The URL can also be found on the Threat Mitigator console’s logon screen. Clicking the URL launches On-demand Scan.
Quick scan: Scans only the following directories:
All fixed drives, such as C:\, D:\, and so on (excludes removable drives)
%SystemRoot%
%SystemRoot%\system
%SystemRoot%\system32
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers
%TEMP%
Full scan: Scans the entire computer
Custom scan: Scans the folders you have specified
For custom scan, you can specify Windows variables that represent certain system folders. Only the following variables can be specified:
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Windows variables |
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Variable |
Description |
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%ALLUSERSPROFILE% |
Returns the location of the All Users Profile |
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%COMSPEC% |
Returns the exact path to the command shell executable |
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%HOMEDRIVE% |
Returns which local workstation drive letter is connected to the user's home directory. Set based on the value of the home directory. The user's home directory is specified in Local Users and Groups. |
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%SYSTEMDRIVE% |
Returns the drive containing the Windows XP root directory (that is, the system root) |
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%SYSTEMROOT% |
Returns the location of the Windows XP root directory |
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%WINDIR% |
Returns the location of the operating system directory |
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%ALLFIXEDDRIVE% |
All fixed drives |
For administrator-initiated scan, select the scan type.
Quick scan: Scans only the following directories:
All fixed drives, such as C:\, D:\, and so on (excludes removable drives)
%SystemRoot%
%SystemRoot%\system
%SystemRoot%\system32
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers
%TEMP%
Full scan: Scans the entire computer
Click Save.
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