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Malware scans

The Malware scans section is accessible from Advanced setup (F5) > Detection engine > Malware scans and provides options to select scanning parameters. This section includes the following items:

Selected profile—A specific set of parameters used by the on-demand scanner. To create a new one, click Edit next to List of profiles. See Scan profiles for more details.

Scan targets—If only want to scan a specific target, you can click Edit next to Scan targets and choose an option from drop-down menu or selecting specific targets from the folder (tree) structure. See Scan targets for more details.

ThreatSense parameters—Advanced setup options, such as file extensions you want to control, detection methods used, etc. can be found in this section. Click to open a tab with advanced scanner options.