How to create a new scan (on-demand / scheduled)

 

The on-demand and scheduled scans carried out by Platinum Internet Security can thought of as scan jobs that you can create, modify and delete (remove). The predefined scans –the on-demand and scheduled scans that the program has already defined-, however, cannot be created or deleted, but they can be configured. New on-demand or scheduled scan jobs can be defined with similar or the same characteristics as the others.

 

In order to create a new on-demand or scheduled scan job, just follow the steps below:

 

1.    In the Control panel in the program window, click on the section Full Scan.

2.    In the Scan jobs panel, select Create a new scan. This opens the wizard for creating a new scan job (which is used to create both on-demand and scheduled scans). You can also launch the wizard by right clicking on any scan type and selecting the option New scan.

3.    A screen welcoming you to the wizard for creating new scan job is displayed. Click on Next to continue.

4.    Specify the items (drives, files, directories, etc.) you want to scan in the job that you are creating. In order to do this, click on Add.

5.    Using the + symbols in the list (or tree), select each item you want to scan one by one and click on OK. The items will be added to the list of items to scan one at a time. If you want to delete an item from the list, select it and click on Remove.

 

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6.    When you have added all of the items you want the new scan to check, click on Next.

7.    Specify the characteristics of the scan and indicate whether it should be scheduled or not.

 

Configuration button. Click on this button to access the scan configuration options. Using the tabs Scan, Actions, Exclusions and Warnings, specify the characteristics or properties of the new scan. For more information about configuration, consult the How to configure a scan (on-demand / scheduled / automatic protection), section in this Help.

 

Checkbox I want this scan to be carried out frequently. Check this box if you want the scan to be scheduled to be automatically carried out with a certain frequency. If this checkbox is enabled the Schedule button is activated. Click on this button to set how frequently the scheduled scan should be automatically run. For more information consult the Configure scheduled scans - scheduler tab section in this Help.

 

8.    Enter a name for the scan job you are creating and click on Next.

9.    To finish the defining the scan job, click on Finish.

10.  The name of the job that you have just created will appear at the end of the on-demand or scheduled scan job list (depending on the option chosen in the wizard). If you did not set a schedule for the scan, it will appear at the end of the on-demand scan jobs list. If you did establish a schedule, this scan will be added to the end of the scheduled scan jobs list.

 

You can consult the properties of a scan job by selecting it. When a scan is selected, its properties will be displayed in the panel on the right: Items that will be scanned and other Details (this is only available for scheduled scans).

 

If you want to change the name of a scan job that has been defined, click on it once and when it is selected, click on it again. This allows you to edit the name in the text box. Modify its title and press the enter key.