Scheduled Scanning

You can set Virus and Spy Protection to scan your computer at specific times by selecting the Enable scheduled scanning check box.

To set the scanning schedule:

  1. Under Scan performed, select how often you wantVirus and Spy Protection to scan your computer:
    1. Daily - scans every day at the scheduled time. The weekdays on the right are all selected and greyed out.
    2. Weekly - scans every week at the scheduled weekday and time. You can select as many weekdays from the right as you like, and the scan is performed on each of the selected days.
    3. Monthly - scans every month at the scheduled date and time. You can select up to three days of the month on which the scan is performed.
  2. From the Start time drop-down list, select the time when you want the scan to start.
  3. If you want to start the scan only when you are not using the computer, select the After computer is not used for option and select the idle time from the drop-down list.
Scanned Files

The scheduled scanning scans all files and archives, which are listed in the Scan defined files setting in the Manual Scanning settings. For more information, see Manual Scanning.

The scheduled scanning disinfects viruses and deletes worms and trojans automatically when they are found.


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