What is a scheduled scan?

Scheduled scans make it possible to scan any part of the computer in search of viruses at certain times indicated beforehand.

The great usefulness of scheduled scans is the possibility of telling the program that it must activate itself and scan for viruses at a certain time on a certain date. This way, you can create a scan "calendar", which maximizes the ease with which the user can keep his/her computer free of viruses.

Scheduled scans work in the same way as immediate scans. You could say that a scheduled scan is, in fact, a set of immediate scans which are executed at specific times.

Because scheduled scans operate as immediate ones do, both have the same options and configuration possibilities. Scheduled scans offer the possibility of choosing the area(s) wished to be scanned. The scan is performed at the time indicated by the user. These characteristics make scheduled scans especially recommendable for scanning the computer in a regular manner and thus keeping it virus-free.

If you are in basic mode, in order to specify a scheduled scan you must choose one of the predetermined scheduled scans which come with the program. The object of these predetermined scans is to provide the most common scans in a predefined form in order to facilitate scan jobs as much as possible.

If you are in advanced mode (Differences between versions), you also have a series of predetermined scheduled scans at your disposal. You can choose any of these or create a new scan according to your specific needs. You also have the possibility of varying the scan options. These options allow you to configure the scan to adapt it to your needs.