Periodic Scan Options

These Actions define which components of computers are scanned during the scheduled malware scans.

Action	Description
Periodically scan system critical areas only	The scheduled scan scans system critical areas, for example: the operating system, processes, and memory. These are the targets of most malicious programs.
Periodically scan local hard-drives	The scheduled scan scans system critical areas and local drives.
Periodically scan local and removable drives	The scheduled scan scans system critical areas and local and removable drives.

Double-click an Action to edit the Properties.

You can change:

• The exact scan targets.
• Files or folders that are excluded from scans.

  Note- Files that a user scans with Contextual scan are always scanned, even if they are excluded by type, or size, or are in this list of excluded files and folders. A contextual scan is a scan that the user runs from the right-click menu of the file that the user wants to scan: The user does a right-click on a file and selects Scan with Check Point Anti-Malware.

  • Skip archives and non executables - When selected, these types of files are not scanned.
  • Do not scan files larger than - Select the maximum size of files to be scanned. This option applies to On Demand scans and Scheduled scans. It does not apply to On Access scans.
  • Configure files and folders exclusions - Click to configure specified file or extensions to exclude.

Exclude Files and Folders from Scan

You can exclude the contents of trusted directories or files and specified trusted program executables from the Anti-Malware schedules scan. You can also exclude all files of a specified file extension.

For example, you might exclude these types of directories or programs from the scan:

• The directory or program is located in a Trusted Zone
• The directory or program is a low risk target for viruses
• Scanning has an adverse effect on computer performance

Excluding a folder prevents the Anti-malware scanner from examining the folder contents. Excluding a process lets the specified, trusted executable run without being monitored by Anti-Malware. Exclude a process only if you fully trust it and are sure it is not malware.

Excluded items are not scanned during full computer, scheduled, and on access scans. They are not excluded from scans initiated by users with a right-click > Scan with Check Point Anti-Malware.

Notes - All directory paths must end with a backslash, for example: driveletter:\folder\. Filenames do not end with a backslash. You cannot use environment variables to exclude folders and file paths.

To configure a list of file paths that are excluded from scans:

1. Right-click the Periodically scan action and select Edit Properties.
2. In the Properties window, click the Configure files and folders exclusions link.
3. In the New File Path Exclusion Properties window, click Add and enter:
   • The fully qualified path to a file, file type, or directory (including its subdirectories) to be excluded from the malware scan.
   • The fully qualified path to a trusted executable to be excluded from malware monitoring.
4. In the Path Exclusions window, click Browse and go to the trusted directory. Alternatively, you can:
   • Enter a directory path.
     Example: C\Program Files\MyTrustedDirectory\
   • Enter a specific file
     Example: C:\Program Files\excludeMe.txt
   • Enter a file type
     Example: *.txt
5. Click OK.

   The trusted directory shows in the Scan exclusions list.