

Test malware scansīefore continuing with further Anti-Malware configuration steps, test real-time and manual/scheduled scans to ensure they're working correctly. To see the policies and computers that are using a malware scan configuration, see the AssignedTo tab of the properties. To duplicate a scan configuration, select it and click Duplicate.To view and edit an existing scan configuration, select it and click Properties.(Optional) Type a description that explains the use case for the configuration.You see the name in a list when configuring malware scans in a policy. Type a name to identify the scan configuration.To create a scan configuration, click New and then click New Real-Time Scan Configuration or New Manual/Scheduled Scan Configuration.Go to Policies > Common Objects > Other > Malware Scan Configurations.

Workload Security provides a default malware scan configuration for each type of scan. Some options such as CPU Usage are only available to manual/scheduled scan configurations. Manual/scheduled scan configuration: Controls either manual or scheduled scans. Some actions such as Deny Access are only available to real-time scan configurations. Real-time scan configuration: Controls real-time scans. You can create two types of malware scan configurations according to the type of scan it controls (see Types of malware scans): To create a malware scan configuration that is similar to an existing one, duplicate the existing configuration and then edit it. When you edit a malware scan configuration that a policy or computer is using, the changes affect the scans that are associated with the configuration. (For more information, see Malware scan configurations.) You can create multiple malware scan configurations as required.Īfter you create a malware scan configuration, you can then associate it with a scan in a policy or computer (see Select the types of scans to perform) Create or edit a malware scan configurationĬreate or edit a malware scan configuration to control the behavior of a real-time, manual, or scheduled scan. To optimize Anti-Malware performance on the agent, see Performance tips for Anti-Malware. Some policy properties also affect the behavior of malware scans.ĬPU usage and RAM usage varies by your Anti-Malware configuration. A malware scan configuration specifies what types of malware scanning Workload Security performs and which files it scans. Malware scan configurations are reusable saved settings that you can apply when configuring Anti-Malware in a policy or for a computer.
