IT Endpoint Manager

Manual Scan

• Note: Managed endpoints – scanner settings should be configured in an Endpoint Manager profile.

The options you set here will apply to all on-demand scans on your computer. For example, these settings will be used when:

• You click 'Scan Now' on the home screen then run a full or quick scan

• You scan an item by dragging it into the scan-box on the home screen

• You scan a file in the 'Run A Scan' from the 'Antivirus' menu

Configure manual scan settings

• Open Comodo Client Security

• Click 'Antivirus'
  

• Click 'Scanner Settings' > 'Manual Scanning': 

• Scan archive files - The scan will include compressed file formats such as .ZIP and .RAR files. Supported formats include RAR, WinRAR, ZIP, WinZIP ARJ, WinARJ and CAB archives (Default = Enabled).

• Automatically update virus database before scanning- Check for and download the latest virus signature database prior to running a scan (Default = Enabled).

• Enable cloud scanning - Improves scan accuracy by augmenting the local scan with an online look-up of Comodo's latest virus database. Cloud Scanning means CCS can detect the latest malware even if your database is out-dated. (Default = Disabled).

• Note – This setting needs to be enabled if you want to submit unknown files to Valkyrie for analysis. Valkyrie is configured in an Endpoint Manager profile.

• Heuristics Scanning Level - Heuristics is a technology that analyzes a file to see if it contains code typical of a virus. It is about detecting 'virus-like' attributes rather than looking for a signature which exactly matches a signature on the blacklist. This allows CCS to detect brand new viruses that aren’t even in the virus database.
  

The drop-down menu lets you select a sensitivity level. The sensitivity level determines how likely it is that heuristics will decide a file is malware:

• Off - Disable heuristic scanning. This means that virus scans only uses the 'traditional' virus signature database to determine whether or not a file is malicious.

• Low - Least likely to decide that an unknown file is malware. Generates the fewest alerts. Despite the name, this setting combines a very high level of protection with a low rate of false positives. Comodo recommends this setting for most users (Default).

• Medium - Detects unknown threats with greater sensitivity than the 'Low' setting but with a corresponding rise in the possibility of false positives.

• High - Highest sensitivity to detecting unknown threats but this also raises the possibility of more false positives.

• Do not scan files larger than - Specify the largest file size that the antivirus should scan. CCS will not scan files bigger than the size specified here (Default = 20 MB).
  

• Click 'OK' to apply your changes.