Chapter 5. Advanced Settings; Setting Antiviral Protection Of The Server's File Systems; Scan Area - KAPERSKY Anti-Virus 5.0 for Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD File Server Administrator's Manual

CHAPTER 5. ADVANCED
SETTINGS
In this section we shall consider advanced settings of Kaspersky Anti-Virus
functions. Unlike the required settings (see Chapter 3 on page 19), without which
the product cannot be used, advanced settings are made as administrator's
options. They can help to extend the product's functionality and set it up for
certain business specifics.
5.1. Setting antiviral protection of
the server's file systems
All the parameters of the antiviral protection of the server's file systems can be
divided into groups that set:
Scan area (see section 5.1.1 on page 39).
File check and disinfection mode (see section 5.1.2 on page 40).
Actions to be taken to the files (see section 5.1.3 on page 41).
Parameters of generating work results report (see section 5.3 on page
45).
Below is a detailed explanation of each of these groups.

5.1.1. Scan area

Scan area can be conditionally divided in two parts:
Scan path – list of directories and files scanned for viruses.
Scan objects – a set of file types scanned for the presence of viruses
(archives, mail messages etc.)
By default, all the objects of any available file system are scanned, beginning
from the current directory.
In order to check all the file systems of the server, go to the root
directory or in the command line specify scan area /.
You can redefine the scan path using one of the following methods:
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