Scan targets

If you only want to scan a specific target, you can use the Custom scan and select an option from the Scan targets drop-down menu or select specific targets from the folder (tree) structure.

Scan targets profile selector applies to:

•On-demand scan

•Hyper-V scan

•OneDrive scan

To quickly navigate to a scan target or to add a new target file or folder, enter it in the blank field below the folder list. This is only possible if no targets are selected in the tree structure and the Scan targets menu is set to No selection.

The Scan targets drop-down menu allows you to select pre-defined scan targets.

You can choose a profile from the Scan profile drop-down menu to be used for scanning chosen targets. The default profile is Smart scan. There are two more pre-defined scan profiles called In-depth scan and Context menu scan. These scan profiles use different ThreatSense engine parameters.

The Custom scan pop-up window:

Scan without cleaning

If you are only interested in scanning the system without additional cleaning actions, select Scan without cleaning. This is useful when you only want to obtain an overview whether there are infected items and get details about these infections, if there are any. You can choose from three cleaning levels by clicking Setup > ThreatSense parameters > Cleaning. Information about scanning is saved to a scan log.

Ignore exclusions

You can perform a scan while ignoring exclusions that otherwise apply.

Scan

To execute the scan using the custom parameters that you have set.

Scan as Administrator

Allows you to execute the scan under the Administrator account. Click this if the current user doesn't have privileges to access the appropriate files to be scanned. Note that this button is not available if the current user cannot call UAC operations as Administrator.