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Best Practice Scanning

Joetobai

Hi All,

I have just updated 1500 pc's to version 9.5, I am going through the Daily Scan & On access scanning policies and I'm just wondering is there a best practice for both Daily Scans and On access.

Thanks

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    One might think that with on-access enabled scheduled scans are not really necessary. This in not so. Some reasons for scheduled scans:

    • Depending on your settings some threats might not be detected by on-access scanning. The description for the On rename setting gives a short explanation why files might be missed by the On read setting. Such files might also be present when the malicious code which would "activate" them is successfully blocked. A scheduled scan will clean them up
    • Files might be present which haven't been detected when they were first scanned but now will. While they are unlikely to cause harm as On-access will block them is prudent to regularly scan for and remove "left-over" threats
    • Detected items also might not have been cleaned up for various reasons, perhaps acknowledged and just forgotten

    Personally I think that a daily scan is not necessary but you should scan at least once a week but then rather extensive. In case of minor outbreaks or increased generic detections you should scan more often.

    HTH

    Christian

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    One might think that with on-access enabled scheduled scans are not really necessary. This in not so. Some reasons for scheduled scans:

    • Depending on your settings some threats might not be detected by on-access scanning. The description for the On rename setting gives a short explanation why files might be missed by the On read setting. Such files might also be present when the malicious code which would "activate" them is successfully blocked. A scheduled scan will clean them up
    • Files might be present which haven't been detected when they were first scanned but now will. While they are unlikely to cause harm as On-access will block them is prudent to regularly scan for and remove "left-over" threats
    • Detected items also might not have been cleaned up for various reasons, perhaps acknowledged and just forgotten

    Personally I think that a daily scan is not necessary but you should scan at least once a week but then rather extensive. In case of minor outbreaks or increased generic detections you should scan more often.

    HTH

    Christian

    :11129
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