Group Policies

This policy setting allows you to configure the automatic scan which starts after a definition update has occurred. If you enable or do not configure this setting a scan will start following a definition update. If you disable this setting a scan will not start following a definition update.

This policy setting allows you to configure UNC file share sources for downloading definition updates. Sources will be contacted in the order specified. The value of this setting should be entered as a pipe-separated string enumerating the definition update sources. For example: “{ -> -> unc1 | -> -> unc2 }”. The list is empty by default. If you enable this setting the specified sources will be contacted for definition updates. Once definition updates have been successfully downloaded from one specified source the remaining sources in the list will not be contacted. If you disable or do not configure this setting the list will remain empty by default and no sources will be contacted.

This policy setting allows you to define the number of days that must pass before virus definitions are considered out of date. If definitions are determined to be out of date this state may trigger several additional actions including falling back to an alternative update source or displaying a warning icon in the user interface. By default this value is set to 14 days. If you enable this setting virus definitions will be considered out of date after the number of days specified have passed without an update. If you disable or do not configure this setting virus definitions will be considered out of date after the default number of days have passed without an update.

This policy setting allows you to define the number of days that must pass before spyware definitions are considered out of date. If definitions are determined to be out of date this state may trigger several additional actions including falling back to an alternative update source or displaying a warning icon in the user interface. By default this value is set to 14 days. If you enable this setting spyware definitions will be considered out of date after the number of days specified have passed without an update. If you disable or do not configure this setting spyware definitions will be considered out of date after the default number of days have passed without an update.

This policy setting allows you to specify the time of day at which to perform a scheduled scan. The time value is represented as the number of minutes past midnight (00:00). For example 120 (0x78) is equivalent to 02:00 AM. By default this setting is set to a time value of 2:00 AM. The schedule is based on local time on the computer where the scan is executing. If you enable this setting a scheduled scan will run at the time of day specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting a scheduled scan will run at a default time.

This policy setting allows you to specify the time of day at which to perform a daily quick scan. The time value is represented as the number of minutes past midnight (00:00). For example 120 (0x78) is equivalent to 02:00 AM. By default this setting is set to a time value of 2:00 AM. The schedule is based on local time on the computer where the scan is executing. If you enable this setting a daily quick scan will run at the time of day specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting a daily quick scan will run at a default time.

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled scan. The scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values:(0x0) Every Day(0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday(0x3) Tuesday(0x4) Wednesday(0x5) Thursday(0x6) Friday(0x7) Saturday(0x8) Never (default)If you enable this setting a scheduled scan will run at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting a scheduled scan will run at a default frequency.

This policy setting allows you to specify the scan type to use during a scheduled scan. Scan type options are:1 = Quick Scan (default)2 = Full ScanIf you enable this setting the scan type will be set to the specified value. If you disable or do not configure this setting the default scan type will used.

This policy setting allows you to configure scheduled scans to start only when your computer is on but not in use. If you enable or do not configure this setting scheduled scans will only run when the computer is on but not in use. If you disable this setting scheduled scans will run at the scheduled time.

This policy setting allows you to specify an interval at which to perform a quick scan. The time value is represented as the number of hours between quick scans. Valid values range from 1 (every hour) to 24 (once per day). If set to zero interval quick scans will not occur. By default this setting is set to 0. If you enable this setting a quick scan will run at the interval specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting a quick scan will run at a default time.