Scheduler Settings

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On the Scheduler tab, you can enable an option to scan objects automatically according to the schedule as well as specify this schedule and select the scanning type.

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Picture 33. Scheduler tab

To enable automatic scheduled scans, select the Execute a scheduled scanning checkbox. In this case, Dr.Web Anti-virus for Linux creates a task for the cron job scheduler to periodically start scanning.

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The cron job scheduler starts scanning at the specified intervals regardless of whether Anti-virus is started or not.

If Anti-virus is operating in Central protection mode and launching of scanning by user demand is prohibited on central protection server, the Scanner will not launch scannings even if they are scheduled.

 

Scanning started according to the schedule as well as scanning on demand is configured with the settings specified on the Scanner tab.

Configuring Scheduled Scanning

If scheduled scanning is enabled, you can configure the following parameters:

days of week when scanning is to be started (by selecting the corresponding checkboxes);
time (hours and minutes) when scanning is to be started;
scan type (Fast, Full, or Custom).
If you select Custom scan type, you can specify the list of objects to be scanned. For that purpose, click the Objects to scan... button (within the brackets number of selected objects is indicated).

After that, select the necessary object in the appeared window which is similar to the file chooser for custom scanning on demand. You can add objects to the list either by clicking the "+" button or by dragging and dropping them from the File manager window.

To disable scheduled scanning, clear the Execute a scheduled scanning checkbox. The corresponding task is automatically removed from the cron task list.