Scanning items on demand
This section includes the following.
What is an on−demand scan?•
Scanning local disks•
Setting up a scan•
Scheduling a scan•
Running a scan•
Editing a scan•
What is an on−demand scan?
An on−demand scan is a virus scan of the computer, or parts of the
computer, that you can run immediately or schedule to run at another time.
Scanning local disks
To run a scan of all disk drives, including boot sectors, on the computer, do as
follows.
In the home page of the Sophos Anti−Virus window, click Scan local disks.
A progress dialog box is displayed and the Activity summary appears in the
Sophos Anti−Virus window.
If any viruses are found, click More and refer to Disinfection.
To stop scanning, click Stop scan.
For information on setting up, scheduling, running and configuring a scan, refer to
the rest of this section and Configuring scanning.
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