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How does Network drive scanning work with Elements Endpoint Protection?
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Issue:
How does the network drive scanning work?
Resolution:
Scan network drives setting is enabled by default.
How does it behave?
- Scanning only happens upon execution of (executable) files on the network drive
- Basic open / close, copy / paste operations for a file are not scanned
#For Elements EPP, users can enable real time scan for those actions by setting profile "Scan network drives" as "Scan on any file access". Note: scanning files on network drive on every file access can be very slow.
Testing with EICAR test file:
- The execution of an eicar.com file will only work on legacy 16-bit systems or those which support it. Most 64-bit systems do not support it and therefor a real time scan test will most likely not trigger an alert on that file.
- However, the manual/scheduled scan will still detect the file