Category: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of scheduled quick scan time. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting the local preference setting will take priority over Group Policy. If you disable or do not configure this setting Group Policy will take priority over the local preference setting.

This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of scheduled scan time. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting the local preference setting will take priority over Group Policy. If you disable or do not configure this setting Group Policy will take priority over the local preference setting.

This policy setting defines the number of days items should be kept in the scan history folder before being permanently removed. The value represents the number of days to keep items in the folder. If set to zero items will be kept forever and will not be automatically removed. By default the value is set to 30 days. If you enable this setting items will be removed from the scan history folder after the number of days specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting items will be kept in the scan history folder for the default number of days.

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.

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 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 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 configure scanning mapped network drives. If you enable this setting mapped network drives will be scanned. If you disable or do not configure this setting mapped network drives will not be scanned.

This policy setting allows you to configure scanning for network files. It is recommended that you do not enable this setting. If you enable this setting network files will be scanned. If you disable or do not configure this setting network files will not be scanned.

This policy setting allows you to configure e-mail scanning. When e-mail scanning is enabled the engine will parse the mailbox and mail files according to their specific format in order to analyze the mail bodies and attachments. Several e-mail formats are currently supported for example: pst (Outlook) dbx mbx mime (Outlook Express) binhex (Mac). If you enable this setting e-mail scanning will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this setting e-mail scanning will be disabled.