How to edit or modify a scan? (On-demand / Scheduled)

 

In addition to allowing you to create new scans (both on-demand and scheduled), Platinum Internet Security treats each scan that you create as a scan job that you can configure, modify (edit) and delete (remove). Once you have created a scan job (on-demand or scheduled) with certain characteristics, you can modify it by following the steps below:

 

1.    In the scan jobs list, select the scan defined by the user that you want to modify, which can be one of the programmed or on-demand scans configured by the user.

2.    Select Edit scan (for schedules scans) / Configure (for on-demand scans) in the Scan jobs control panel or the option accessible by right-clicking on the scan you want to modify.

3.    A dialog box containing the following sections is displayed:

 

·      Edit items to scan (in on-demand jobs and scheduled jobs). Clicking on Edit displays a list of all of the items (memory, disks, etc.) that the selected scan job must scan. You can add any other item you want to scan to this list using the Add button. You can also delete an item you do not want to scan by selecting it and clicking on Remove.

 

In order to add an item to the list click on Add and use the + signs in the list (or tree). Select the items you want to scan one at time and click on OK. The items will be added one by one to the list of items to be scanned.

 

·      Scan configuration (for on-demand and scheduled jobs). In order to set the scan properties, click on Configure. Although the scan types have some common characteristics, some configuration characteristics are different for on-demand scan and scheduled scans. For more information about configuring scan jobs, consult the How to configure a scan (on-demand / scheduled) section in this Help.

 

·      Schedule configuration (scheduled scans only, not on-demand). If you are editing a scheduled scan, this section will appear. Through this tab you can modify the frequency characteristics, a special feature of scheduled scans. If you click on the Schedule button, the Scheduler tab for scheduled scans will be displayed.. For more information about configuring scan jobs, consult the Scan configuration - Scheduler tab (Scheduled) section in this Help.

 

4.    When you have finished editing the scan characteristics, click on OK to apply the changes. If you click on Cancel, the changes to the scan properties will not be applied.