Performing a scan

As mentioned earlier in this chapter, there are several ways you can initiate a scan of your computer:

You can invoke a full system scan by clicking Scan Now.


You can select a file on your computer, right-click, and choose Scan using...


You can schedule a system scan to run once or at regular intervals.


If on-access scanning is enabled, opening a file will invoke a scan.

You may run up to five scans simultaneously. Scans are performed in the order in which they are initiated.

Viewing scan results


Scan Summary


Infected data


Treating files manually


Repairing files in an archive


Getting more information about a virus