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VirusScan
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8.6 for Mac User Guide Getting Started
Using the On-Demand scanner
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5 Click Lock to prevent changes to the preferences.
6 Click Close in the upper left-hand corner to exit the Preferences dialog box.
Using the On-Demand scanner
The On-Demand scanner allows you to initiate a scan at any time in the following ways:
 By dragging and dropping file(s) into the VirusScan dock icon, the VirusScan icon in the
Finder, or into the drag-and-drop pane in the console.
 Through the Select a file or folders to Scan & Clean dialog box.
You can select multiple files or directories and the results are summarized in the
reporting window.
To perform On-Demand scanning:
1 Open the VirusScan console.
2 Drag and drop the file, folder, or volume you want to scan into the drag-and-drop
pane of the main console. To select a group of files, do one of the following:
 Hold down the Shift key while selecting the files you want.
 Click the drag-and-drop pane. A file selection screen appears. Select the file,
group of files, directory, or volume you want to scan, then click
Select Location.
 Drag the file, folder, or volume to the VirusScan dock icon in the Finder view.
3 Click
Start on the console to initiate scanning.
The Status Line shows the name of the file being scanned and the status of the scan.
The
arrow beside the status line hides or reveals the Reporting window. The Reporting
window is hidden by default.
Scan files on network volumes Sets the scanner to scan files accessed from
network volumes.
Scan files:
 Always
 Read
 Write
Determines if the On-Access scanner is to scan
files that are read from the disk, written to the disk,
or both.
Maximum scan time The maximum length of time, in seconds, that a
scan can last per file. (A compressed file is not
treated as one file; this timeout applies to the last
individual file, and not to the last top level container
file).
When a virus is found:
 Clean
 Delete
 Notify
Selects the primary action for the On-Access
scanner.
Delete when Clean fails or is not
available
Selects the secondary action for the selected
scanner. This is available only when the primary
action is
Clean.
Table 3-3 Advanced Preferences for On-Access scanning