Scan Method Types

Apex One (Mac) Security Agents can use one of two scan methods when scanning for security risks. The scan methods are smart scan and conventional scan.

• Smart Scan

  Security Agents that use smart scan are referred to as "smart scan agents" in this document. Smart scan agents benefit from local scans and in-the-cloud queries provided by File Reputation Services.

• Conventional Scan

  Security Agents that do not use smart scan are called "conventional scan agents". A conventional scan agent stores all Apex One (Mac) components on the agent endpoint and scans all files locally.