User manual

6 Scanner

6.1 Scanner

With the Scanner component, you can carry out targeted scans (on-demand scans) for

viruses and unwanted programs. The following options are available for scanning for

infected files:

– Scan in Scheduler (remote and local)

The scheduler gives you the option to schedule the times at which scan jobs are to

be executed on the protected server.

– Suche über Profile (remote und lokal)

Profiles enable you to initiate defined and configured scan profiles on the

protected server.

– Shell Extension: Scan from the context menu in Windows Explorer (local

only)

You have the option to use the Scan selected files with AntiVirentry in the

context menu of a directory to scan that directory for viruses and unwanted

programs. The Shell Extension function is an additional component that is only

available if it was selected during the custom installation.

– Scanning of own documents using the context menu of the tray icon

(local only)

You can initiate a scan for viruses and unwanted programs in the Windows 'My files'

user directory of the protected server by choosing the My Documents entry in the

tray icon context menu .

Special processes are required when scanning for rootkits, boot sector viruses, and when

scanning active processes. The following options are available:

– Scan for rootkits isomg the scan profile Scan for active malware

– Scan active processes via the scan profile Active processes

– Scan for boot sector viruses in all scan profiles by activating the corresponding

options under Settings::Scanner::Scan: Additional settings