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Run a Full Computer Scan


  • Click 'Tasks' > 'General Tasks' > 'Scan' > 'Full Scan'
  • A full scan checks every file, folder and drive on your computer. USB and other external drives are also scanned.

    Run a Full Computer Scan
    • Click the 'Scan' tile on the CCS home screen
    • Select 'Full Scan':




    CCS will first check that your virus database is up-to-date:



     

    • The scans starts after any updates have been installed:



     

    Note - CCS skips files which are larger than the max. size, and those that take longer to scan than the max time allowed. Click 'Settings' > 'Antivirus' > 'Scans' to view these thresholds.


      • You can pause, resume or stop the scan by clicking the appropriate button
      • Send to Background – Runs the scan as a background process which consumes fewer resources. You can still keep track of the scan in the task manager - 'Tasks' > 'Advanced Tasks' > 'Open Task Manager'



      • You can keep still track of scan progress in 'Tasks' > 'Advanced Tasks' > 'Open Task Manager'
      • Scan results are shown when the scan finishes:



       

      The results window contains two tabs:

      • Threats Found: The number of files scanned and the number of viruses found.
      • Use the drop-down to choose whether to clean, quarantine or ignore the threat.

      Note: You will only see the drop-down menus if 'Automatically clean threats' is disabled for full scans in 'Settings' > 'Antivirus' > 'Scans'. See Scan Profiles for help with this.


      • Skipped Files: Files that were not checked for viruses. The scanner skipped these files as they took longer than the scan time limit (default = 9 mins).