Schedule Scan

In addition to being able to run the scan immediately, it is also possible to schedule the scan to run at a later date & time. Note, however, that the scan will always be scheduled in server time. If there are endpoints in different time zones and you want the scan to occur at a specific time in that time zone, you will need to create a specific Scan Now task for the group of endpoints at that location and schedule it based on the appropriate offset from server time.

Scanning Offline Endpoints

The recurring AntiVirus scan schedule is controlled by an endpoint scheduler. So long as the recurring scan policy has been delivered to the endpoint, the scan will execute at the appointed time so long as the endpoint is powered up at that time. The endpoint does not need to be online at the time the scan is due to execute.

Scan Options

To implement a thorough AntiVirus scan using AntiVirus, conduct a “Scan Now – Virus and Malware Scan” and select all the scanning options including Archive scan as shown below.

CPU Utilization

The Scan Wizard contains a CPU utilization control which can be used to determine how much CPU gets consumed when the scan is being performed. If the scan is being performed out of hours, select the high CPU utilization setting which will cause the scan to use as much CPU as possible so that the scan completes more quickly. However, if the scan is being performed during business hours, you should select a medium or low CPU utilization level. This will cause the scan to take longer but the scan will have less of an impact on the user.