Views:
  1. Go to Agents > Policy > Multi-Method Threat Prevention.
  2. Click the Advanced Settings in the Scheduled Scan section:
  3. The Advanced Settings configuration window appears.
  4. The configuration window consists of four sections: Files to Scan, CPU Usage, Scan Action, and Scan Exclusions.
    1. In the Files to Scan section, click All local folders to scan all files in detail; click Default folders (Quick Scan) for a general scan; or click Specific folders to specify the paths to the folders for scan.
      Tip:

      Under the Specific folders option, click the "+" or "-" icon to add or delete paths to the specific folders.

      • (Optional) Check Scan compressed files and select the Maximum layers between 1 and 20 for the compressed files.

      • (Optional) To skip files over a certain size, check Skip files larger than and specify the file size between 1 and 2048 MB. Files exceeding the specified file size will not be scanned.

    2. The CPU Usage settings allow you to select the appropriate mode of CPU usage to balance between the scan and the available CPU resources depedning on situations. There are two options available:

      • Click Normal to reduce the impact on the service performance, which allows you to perform other tasks while scanning but the scan may take longer to complete.

      • Click High to reduce scan time, which requires higher CPU usage and may affect the system performance.

    3. In the Scan Action section, you can pre-define the action to take after threats are detected. Select Quarantine to place the suspicious or infected files detected in an isolated folder for further checking. Select No action to produce only a readout of results with no actions taken on the suspicious files.

    4. (Optional) The Scan Exclusions section allows you to exclude certain folders, files, or file extensions from being scanned.

      • Folders: specify a path to the folders that do not require scanning.

      • Files: specify a path to the files that do not require scanning.

      • File Extensions: specify the file extension of certain files that do not require scanning.

        Note:
        • StellarProtect supports only local paths for Scan Exclusions. Remote paths such as an URL or \\[Hostname] are not supported.

        • It is not required to add ".” or “*.” in front of the file extension.

      Tip:

      Click the "+" or "-" icon to add or delete paths to the specific folders/files or file extensions for specific file types .

  5. Click Confirm to complete the settings.
Parent topic: Advanced Settings