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How to configure scheduled scanning for Elements Endpoint Protection?
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Issue:
How to set Elements Endpoint Protection (EPP for Computers or EPP for Servers) to scan for viruses, malware and other harmful applications at regular scheduled times?
Resolution:
You can do this by editing the profile that the device uses. The profile can be edited through the Elements Endpoint Protection Portal on the profiles page.
Steps to schedule a scan:
- Log in to the Elements Security Center portal
- Go to the Security configurations > Profiles page
- Select the profiles you want to edit
- Go to the Manual scanning settings page
- Scroll down to the Scheduled scanning.section
- Click Enable scheduled scanning
- Select how often you would like the scheduled scanning to run from the Scan frequency drop-down menu:
- Daily – scan every day
- Weekly – scan on selected days during the week
- Every four weeks
- Select on which days the scan should run
- Under Start scanning, select one of the options:
- Time – select the time when the scan will start. You should select a time when you expect to not be using the computer
- After idle – select a period of idle time after which the scanning starts if the computer is not used
- Optional: You can turn on or off the following options:
- Run scanning as low priority (slower scanning that uses less resources)
- Scan only known file types (faster) – scan only those file types that are most likely to have infections, for example, executable files
- Scan inside compressed files (slower) – specify whether files inside compressed archives should be scanned for malware
- Skip a scheduled scanning while the device is running on battery
- Show notifications to user – Turn this setting off to hide notifications for scheduled scanning
- Click Save profile