The anti-virus network administrator can launch an express, full, or custom scan for security threats on stations via the Dr.Web Agent Scanner component. A remote scan can also be initiated according to a task from the workstation Task Scheduler.
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Remote scanning is performed in the background without alerting the station user.
Remote scanning is available only on stations that are online when a scan is launched. |
To immediately launch a remote anti-virus scan on stations
1.Select Anti-virus network in the main menu of the Control Center.
2.Click the name of a station or group in the hierarchical list that opens.
3.In the toolbar, click 
Scan. In the drop-down list, select one of the scan types:
Express scan. The following objects will be scanned:
•main memory (RAM),
•boot sectors of all disks,
•autorun objects,
•root directory of the boot sector,
•root directory of the Windows OS installation disk,
•system directory of Windows OS,
•My documents folder,
•temporary folder of the system,
•temporary folder of the user.
Full scan. A full scan of all hard and removable disks (including the boot sectors) will be performed.
Custom scan. This scan type allows you to select which files and folders to scan and specify some additional parameters of the scan.
4.After you select the scan type, a window with scan parameters will open. Change the parameters if necessary (see the Configuring Remote Scan Parameters section).
5.Click Scan to start scanning the selected stations.
To schedule a remote scan on stations
1.Select Anti-virus network from the main menu of the Control Center. Select a group or station in the hierarchical list. In the control menu, select Task Scheduler. The list of tasks for the station will open.
2.Click the 
Create task icon in the toolbar.
3.In the General section, set the name of the task and configure its parameters and start time (see Scheduled Tasks of a Station).
4.In the Actions section, select one of the options in the drop-down list (a description of the scan types is given above):
•Dr.Web Agent Scanner. Express scan
•Dr.Web Agent Scanner. Full scan
•Dr.Web Agent Scanner. Custom scan
5.Change the scan parameters displayed below if needed (see Configuring Remote Scan Parameters).
6.Click Save.
The task for remote scanning via Dr.Web Agent Scanner that you created will appear on the list of tasks and will start according to the specified periodicity and time.
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A Daily scan task for performing a remote full scan daily at 16:00 (local station time) on stations is present in the Task Scheduler for workstations by default. The task is disabled for execution. You can edit and enable the task if needed (see Scheduled Tasks of a Station). |