Running On-Demand Scans On Client Computers - Symantec 20032623 - Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition Implementation Manual

160 Managing Virus and Spyware Protection

Running on-demand scans on client computers

Running on-demand scans on client computers
9 If you want to save this scan as a template, check Save a copy as a Scheduled
Scan Template.
10
Click OK.
You can run a manual, or on-demand, scan on client computers remotely from
the management console. You might want to run a scan on demand as part of your
strategy to prevent and handle virus and spyware attacks on your client computers.
By default, an active scan runs automatically after you update definitions. You
can configure an on-demand scan as a full scan or custom scan and then run the
on-demand scan for more extensive scanning.
Settings for on-demand scans are similar to the settings for scheduled scans.
See Managing scans on client computers"
See Preventing and handling virus and spyware attacks on client computers"
on page 130.
For Windows client computers, you can run an active, full, or custom on-demand
scan.
For Mac client computers, you can run only a custom on-demand scan.
The custom scan uses the settings that are configured for on-demand scans in
the Virus and Spyware Protection policy.
Note: If you issue a restart command on a client computer that runs an on-demand
scan, the scan stops, and the client computer restarts. The scan does not restart.
You can run an on-demand scan from the Computer Status log or from the
Computers tab in the console.
You can cancel all scans in progress and queued for selected clients from the
Computer Status log. If you confirm the command, the table refreshes and you
see that the cancel command is added to the command status table.
See Running commands on the client computer from the logs"
See About commands you can run on client computers"
To run an on-demand scan on client computers
1 In the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console, click Computers.
2 Under Computers, right-click the clients or the group that you want to scan
3 Do one of the following actions:
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