On-demand scans allow you to scan a part of the computer or an item in the computer for viruses and other threats, when necessary. On-demand scans offer you the option of selecting which area/s or item/s you want to scan and are carried out immediately. These characteristics make these scans very useful for checking that there is not a virus or other threat in the files that you receive through any medium such as a floppy disk or e-mail, or in files that you have downloaded from Internet.
Platinum Internet Security includes certain typical on-demand scans, established by default: predefined on-demand scans or predefined. These are the scans that are most commonly used, so Platinum Internet Security offers them by default. This makes it must easier, more comfortable and quicker to scan certain items in the computer for viruses and other threats. Click on the item that you wish to scan and the process will start immediately. Alternatively, you can also select the item to scan and click on Start Scan on the right of the screen, or click on Scan in the Scan Jobs panel.
· Scan all system. When this predefined scan or scan job is started, all of the items in the following areas are scanned (see right panel): memory, 3 ½ floppy disks (disk drives), local disk (all the hard disks in the computer), compact disk (all the CD-ROM drives in the computer), network drive (all disk drives accessible through a network), Microsoft Outlook (if this e-mail program is installed in the computer), Microsoft Outlook Express (if this e-mail program is installed) and Lotus.
· Scan hard disks. When this predefined scan or scan job is started, all of the files stored on the hard disks in the computer are scanned (not those accessible through a network).
· Scan my documents. When this predefined scan or scan job is started, all the files stored in the My documents folder are scanned.
· Scan all e-mail. When this predefined scan job is started, all e-mail folders (the messages and files included in them) managed by the e-mail programs installed in your computer are scanned.
· Scan floppy disk drive. When this predefined scan job is started, all of the files stored on the floppy disks inserted in the floppy disk drive of your computer are scanned.
· Scan other items. When this branch is expanded, the following items will be displayed: memory, Desktop, My Documents, local disk drive, compact disk, network drives and Outlook and Outlook Express mail folders. You can select which files or folders you want to scan in these items. In order to do this, expand the list of folders and files by clicking on the + sign and double clicking on the file or folder to scan.
Note: You
can also perform a scan through the pop-up menu. In order to do this,
right-click on the file or folder you want to scan and select the Scan
option (or press the function key F8).
When you click on one of these scan jobs or predefined scans, the items that will be checked when the scan is run are displayed in the panel on the right.
Clicking on the On-demand scans title or section of the tree allows you to create a new on-demand scan. You can do this through the Create new scan option in the Scan jobs panel or through the New scan option in the pop-up menu.
Different operations can be carried out on the predefined on-demand scan jobs. These operations can be accessed through the panel on the left: Scan jobs, which is displayed when you select a predefined scan or item, or through the options in the corresponding pop-up menu:
How to perform an on-demand scan
How to configure an on-demand scan
How to create a new on-demand scan
How to edit or modify an on-demand scan
How to delete or remove an on-demand scan
The on-demand scans section also has a special section: Scan other items. This section allows you to specify isolated items to scan (independently of the predefined scan types), or create new on-demand scan jobs.