Configuring scheduled scans

To access the settings, click Settings/Add profile/Windows and Linux/Scheduled scans.

Click the Scheduled scans tab to create periodic, scheduled or immediate scan tasks of the entire PC or certain parts of it.

You can also schedule scans just of email or specify specific paths to scan the folders or files that you want.

As you create scan tasks, these will be added to the list of Scheduled scans In the Edit profile window, from which you can edit them or remove them if desired.

How to configure scans

Click New to go to the Edit profile – New scan job window.

Follow these steps:

1. Name: Choose a name for the scan task.

2. Scan type: Select the type of scan to create: immediate scan, scheduled scan or periodic scan. (More information)

   Immediate scan

   Once configured, the immediate scan will take place when the computer connects to the server, and the solution checks that the protection settings have changed.

   Scheduled scan

   The scan will take place at the time and date you set in Start date and Start time.

   Periodic scan:

   Set the Start date and start time, and select the frequency in the Repetition menu.

    

3. Scan: Select the option you want.

The whole computer

Hard disks

Email (scan type not supported on Linux computers)

Other items: Use this option to scan specific items (files, folders, etc.). You'll have to enter the path of the item to scan. The path must start with \\ or (letter):\. Examples:

* \\folder1\folder2

* c:\folder1\folder

The maximum number of paths to scan for each profile is 10. Depending on the permissions that you have you'll be able to enter specific paths to scan or not. For more information, refer to the Types of permissions section.

On Linux you must specify the paths using the Linux format. Example: /root/documents

4. Start date: Specify the date of the scan.

5. Start time: Specify the time of the scan, bearing in mind whether the time is that of the local computer or the server.

6. Repetition: If the scan is periodic, here you can specify the frequency (daily, weekly or monthly).