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Creating an on-demand scan task

You can create new on-demand scan tasks or modify the settings of existing ones.

By default, a newly created on-demand scan task uses the settings summarized in the table below.

Creating an on-demand scan task

Setting

Default value

Description

Scan areas

All local objects

You can add scan areas and configure them.

Security level

Recommended

You can change the security level.

Exclusion areas

are not described

You can add exclusion areas and configure them.

Priority

System

You can configure task priority.

Schedule

Manually

You can configure a task to run according to the schedule.

Additionally, you can view the status of an on-demand scan task and its statistics.

To create a new on-demand scan task, perform the following steps:

  1. In the left part of Kaspersky Web Management Console select the On-demand scan task type.
  2. Click the Add button.

    This will open the New task window.

  3. In the Creating task window, do the following:
    • If you want to configure the task using the Setup Wizard, select the Use Wizard check box.
    • If you want to configure the task later and do not want to use the Setup Wizard, clear the Use Wizard check box.
    • In the Task name field enter the name for the task and click the Add button.
  4. If you selected the Use Wizard check box, do the following in the Task settings window:
    • On the Scan scope tab, create one or several scan scopes.
    • On the Protection settings tab, if necessary, change the pre-set security level for the selected area and configure the protection settings.
    • On the Object masks tab, if necessary, set the boundary of the scan scope and add an exclusion area , which Kaspersky Anti-Virus will not scan.
    • On the Schedule tab, configure the task schedule.
    • Click OK.
  5. If you did not select the Use Wizard check box in the Creating task window, the new on-demand scan task will have the settings described in the table below. If necessary, you can modify the task settings on the corresponding tabs.
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