Antivirus

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Antivirus settings – Set scan configuration



Type of scan



Selects whether to perform a quick scan or full scan



Set scan start



Selects the time of the day that Windows Defender will start the scanning



Scan frequency



Selects the day that Windows Defender scan should run



Signature update frequency



Speciefies the interval in hours that will be used to check for signatures


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Config type of files for scanning



Allow scanning of archive files



Allow or disallow scanning of archives (such as .zip) when being accessed.



Allow scanning of scripts



Allows or disallow Windows Defender Script Scanning functionality.



Allow scanning of emails



Allow or disallow scanning of emails.



Allow scanning of network files



Allow or disallow scanning of network files.



Allow full scanning of mapped network drives



Allow or disallow scanning of mapped network drives (only enabled when full scan is enabled).



Control bidirectional scanning



Controls which sets of files should be monitored.



Allow full scanning of removable drives



Allow or disallow full scanning of removable drives. Only during full scan is initiated.


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Type of files to be excluded of scan



Ignore file types for scanning



Define a set of type of files extensions. Each file extension for each field.



Ignore directory paths



Define a set of directory paths in order to not scan them. One path per field. Examples: “C:\Example”, “C:\Windows” or “C:\Users”.



Exclude processes from scan



Exclude files that have been opened by specific processes from Microsoft Defender Antivirus scans. . One path per field. Examples: “C:\myFile.exe”, “C:\Windows\myProcess.exe”, “C:\myScript.bat


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Extra Settings



Allow Realtime monitoring



Allow or disallow Windows Defender Realtime Monitoring functionality



Allow Behavior monitoring



Allow or disallow Windows Behavior Monitoring functionality



Allow Cloud Protection



Allow or disallow Windows Defender send information to Microsoft about any problem it finds. Microsoft will analyze that information, learn more about the problem affecting the device, and offer improved solutions



Behaviour for sending samples



Allow Windows Defender IOAV protection



Allow or disallow Windows Defender IOAV protection



Allow access to Defenders “On Access protection” UI



Average CPU load factor



Represents the average CPU load factor for the Windows Defender scan (in percent)


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Malware handling



Low severity



You can define for each severity level how the device handles malware.


Available options are:



  • Clean

  • Quarantine

  • Remove

  • Allow

  • User defined

  • Block



Moderate severity



High severity



Severe severity



Days to retain cleaned Malware



Time period in days that quarantine files/items will be stored on the system. The default value is 0, which keeps items in quarantine, and does not automatically remove them. Max value is 90.


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