Client Scan

This feature allows you to create polices to initiate scanning the clients automatically at a convenient time. You can define whether the scan should run daily or weekly, select scan mode (Quick Scan, Full System Scan). You can also enable Antimalware while scanning. This will supplement other automatic protection features to ensure that the client systems remain malware-free.

The following table shows a comparison of the features in Client Scan that are applicable for different Seqrite Endpoint Security clients on different operating systems:

To create a scan schedule policy for Client Scan, follow these steps:

1.      Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.

2.      Go to Settings > Schedule Settings > Client Scan.

3.      Configure the following settings: Client Schedule Scan, Scanner Settings, and Antimalware Scan Settings.

4.      To save your settings, click Save Policy.

Note: You can revert to the default settings whenever you prefer by clicking the Default button.

Client Schedule Scan

This feature helps you define scan schedules for the clients at a certain frequency.

To configure Client Schedule Scan, follow these steps:

1.      Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.

2.      Go to Settings > Schedule Settings > Client Scan.

3.      Under Client Schedule Scan, select Enable Schedule Scan.

4.      In Frequency, select either the Daily or Weekly option.

5.      In Start At, set time in hours and minutes.

6.      If you want to repeat scanning of your clients, select Repeat Scan and set the frequency after what interval the scan should be repeated.

7.      To get notification when a client is offline, select Notify if client is off-line.

Scanner Settings

This feature helps you define what scan mode you prefer for scanning the clients or what items you want to scan.

To configure Scanner Settings, follow these steps:

1.      Log on to the Seqrite Endpoint Security Web console.

2.      Go to Settings > Schedule Settings > Client Scan.

3.      In Scanner Settings, under How to Scan, select a scan mode from the following:

o       Quick Scan (Scan Drive where operating system is installed)

o       Full System Scan (Scan all the fixed drives)

4.      To set optimal setting, select the Automatic option.

5.      To set advanced setting, select the Advanced option.

If you select the Advanced option, further settings such as scan items and scan types are activated.

6.      Under Select items to scan, select any of the following:

o       Scan executable files

o       Scan all files (Takes longer time)

o       Scan packed files

o       Scan mailboxes

o       Scan archives files

7.      If you select the Scan archives files option, you can set the following also:

o       Archive Scan Level: You can set up to level 5.

o       Select action to be performed when virus is found in archive file: You can select one of the actions from Delete, Quarantine, and Skip.

8.      In Select action to be performed when a virus is found, select an action from the following: Repair, Delete, Skip.

Antimalware Scan Settings

This feature helps you enable scanning for malware. To configure Antimalware Scan Settings, follow these steps:

1.      To enable scanning for malware, select Perform Antimalware scan.

2.      In Select action to be performed when malware found, select an action from the following: Clean and Skip.

Scan packed files, Scan mailboxes, and Antimalware Scan Settings are available only in the clients with Windows operating system.