How to schedule virus scan in Endpoint Manager

Introduction:

You can schedule a virus scan on your network in the ‘Antivirus’ section of a profile.

Step 1: In Endpoint Manager:

• Click ‘Configuration Templates’ → ‘Profiles’

• Open the profile applied to your devices

In the example below, ‘Deployment Devices’ is the profile on our devices:

Step 2: Add or open the antivirus section

• Open the ‘Antivirus’ tab of the profile

• Click ‘Scans’ > ‘Add’

• This will open the ‘Add Scan Profile’ dialog

If you don’t see the antivirus tab, add it by clicking the ‘Add Profile Section’ button then ‘Antivirus’.

Step 3: Configure the scan

• Provide a name for the scan. Example below = ‘Auto Routine’

• ITEMS – Choose which items you want to scan. You can choose from the following:

  • File – Scan specific files. You can add an entire extension by using the wildcard character (e.g. *.exe).

  • Folder – Scan a specific directory.

  • Region - Scan a predefined area. For example, 'Entire Computer', 'Commonly Infected Areas', 'Memory' and 'Unrecognized Files'.

You can add multiple items to a single scan. Repeat the process to add more items

Step 4: Schedule the scan

• Click the ‘Schedule’ row

• Specify the scan frequency and scan options:

  • Every hour(s) -  Run the scan once every n hours. For example, once every 3 hours. Enter the number of hours between scans in the box provided. 

  • Every Day - Runs the scan daily at the time you specify

  • Every Week - Runs the scan once per week on the day and time you specify on the right. You can select the days of the week by directly clicking on them.

  • Every Month - Runs the scan once a month on the day and time you specify on the right

Step 5: Save the profile

• Click the ‘Save’ button at top-right

• The scan will be automatically deployed to all endpoints covered by the profile. It will run at the times you specified in the schedule

• The scan will also be listed in ‘Scans’ tab of the profile’s ‘Antivirus’ section

• You can return here at any time to edit, or enable/disable this scan