As you know on-demand and scheduled scan jobs can be predefined and you can perform an on-demand or a scheduled scan of independent items (memory, disks, etc.) and create new on-demand and scheduled scan jobs.
All of the items to be scanned in on-demand scans or scheduled scans can be checked (the scan job can be started) whenever necessary. In order to carry out an on-demand or scheduled scan job at a given time, follow the steps below:
1. Whether you want to carry out an on-demand or a scheduled scan, select the items to scan through:
· Predefined scans. Both the on-demand (Scan all system, Scan hard disks, Scan my documents, Scan all e-mail, Scan the floppy disk drive), and the scheduled (System startup scan, in computers running Windows 98/95- Windows startup scan and Outlook startup scan).
· Any independent item (memory, Desktop, My Documents, disks, etc.), that appears in the section Scan other items.
· Scans that the user has already created (on-demand or scheduled).
2. Start the scan (scan job), by selecting the option Scan. This option can be selected in several ways:
· From the Scan jobs panel, by clicking on the Scan option.
· From the pop-up menu, by right-clicking on the corresponding scan and selecting the Scan option.
· Through the function keys. In this case, after selecting the scan type, press the function key F8
In both cases, on-demand and scheduled, the scan will start. If a threat is detected, Platinum Internet Security will inform you and carry out a certain action (disinfect, delete, etc.) depending on the action you have specified in the configuration. For more information about the scan process, consult the Scan process and possible incidents section in this Help.