Scheduling a scan

Scanning your computer for viruses is one of the most important things you can do to protect the integrity of your data and computing environment. Since virus scanning is most effective when performed at regular intervals, it often makes sense to schedule it as a task to run automatically. You also can verify the date and time of your last scan on the Scan Schedule tab.

Scheduled scanning is enabled after the initial virus update (following installation) and set to run once per week. If your computer is not on when the scheduled scan is set to occur, the scan will occur fifteen minutes after your computer is restarted.

To schedule a scan:

Select Antivirus|Main.


In the Protection area, click Antivirus Options.



The Advanced Antivirus Settings dialog appears.

Under Advanced Settings, select Scan Schedule.


Select the Schedule a Full System Scan check box.


Specify the date and time the scan should occur.


If you want the scan to recur, select the Repeat scan every: check box.
If you have turned on scheduled scanning but you did not select the Repeat scan every check box, the scan will occur only once at the time specified, and then scheduled scanning will be turned off. To keep scheduled scanning turned on (recommended), set the scan to repeat at regular intervals.



Specify the scan frequency, then click OK.