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Setting the Type of Files to Scan Selections tab

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Scan Job Configuration and Scheduling Choosing an Infection Treatment (Scan Tab) You can instruct the software to perform one of the following file actions when an infected file is found: File Actions Report Only Delete File Rename File Move File Cure File Description (Default) Reports when an infection is found. Deletes an infected file. Renames an infected file with an AVB extension. Infected files with the same name are given incremental extensions (e.g., FILE.0.AVB, FILE.1.AVB, and so on). After a file is renamed with an AVB-type of extension, it is not scanned subsequently. Moves an infected file from its current directory to the Move directory for quarantine. Attempts to cure an infected file automatically. Choosing this setting enables the File Options button. Click this button to display the Cure Action Options and specify how the Cure File option performs. Note The System Cure option is not available on SnapServers. Setting the Type of Files to Scan (Selections tab) Use the Selections tab options to choose the types of objects to scan, the types of file extensions to include or exclude from a scan, and the types of compressed files to scan. • File Extensions - You can choose to scan files regardless of extension, or select specific types of extensions to include or exclude. • Compressed Files - To scan compressed files, select the Scan Compressed Files check box, and then click Choose Type to specify the compressed file extension types. Filtering File Information for Logs (Manual Scans Only) You can specify the types of events that are written to a log. Check the Infected files option to put information in the log about files that are found to be infected. Check the Clean files option to put information in the log about files that are scanned and are not infected. Check the Skipped files option to put information in the log about files that have been excluded from the scan. Chapter 9 CA eTrust Antivirus Software 129

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Scan Job Configuration and Scheduling
Chapter 9
CA eTrust Antivirus Software
129
Choosing an Infection Treatment (Scan Tab)
You can instruct the software to perform one of the following file actions when an
infected file is found:
Setting the Type of Files to Scan (Selections tab)
Use the Selections tab options to choose the types of objects to scan, the types of file
extensions to include or exclude from a scan, and the types of compressed files to
scan.
File Extensions —
You can choose to scan files regardless of extension, or select
specific types of extensions to include or exclude.
Compressed Files —
To scan compressed files, select the
Scan Compressed Files
check box, and then click
Choose Type
to specify the compressed file extension
types.
Filtering File Information for Logs (Manual Scans Only)
You can specify the types of events that are written to a log. Check the
Infected files
option to put information in the log about files that are found to be infected. Check
the
Clean files
option to put information in the log about files that are scanned and
are not infected. Check the
Skipped files
option to put information in the log about
files that have been excluded from the scan.
File Actions
Description
Report Only
(Default) Reports when an infection is found.
Delete File
Deletes an infected file.
Rename File
Renames an infected file with an AVB extension. Infected files with the
same name are given incremental extensions (e.g., FILE.0.AVB,
FILE.1.AVB, and so on). After a file is renamed with an AVB-type of
extension, it is not scanned subsequently.
Move File
Moves an infected file from its current directory to the Move directory for
quarantine.
Cure File
Attempts to cure an infected file automatically. Choosing this setting
enables the
File Options
button. Click this button to display the Cure
Action Options and specify how the Cure File option performs.
Note
The
System Cure
option is not available on SnapServers.