Administrator’s Guide
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Creating Schedules
Rescanning the machines
When you believe that the virus problem has been resolved on a machine or
group of machines, or you want to disinfect any machines, you may re-scan
them.
1. For single machines, right-click the machine and choose
Scan
.
For a group of machines, right-click the anti-virus domain or
Members
group, point to
Scan
, and select the machines to scan:
•
All Machines.
Select this option to acknowledge all machines in the
selected domain or group.
•
Unknown, Warnings and Alerts.
Select this option to
acknowledge only machines in the selected domain or group that do
not have a status of all clear.
•
Warnings and Alerts.
Select this option to acknowledge only
machines in the selected domain or group that have warnings and
alerts.
•
Unknown Only.
Select this option to acknowledge only
machines in the selected domain or group that have an unknown
status.
•
Warnings Only.
Select this option to acknowledge only
machines in the selected domain or group that have warnings.
•
Alerts Only.
Select this option to acknowledge only machines in
the selected domain or group that have alerts.
The Scan Settings dialog box appears (
Figure 4-8 on page 106
).
2. Enter any additional command-line options, and then click
OK
.
A dialog box appears, informing you that the scan has been dispatched.
The selected machines are re-scanned, and the virus-scan status is
re-displayed. This can take some time depending on the number of
machines.
Viewing the virus scan status report
Whenever you request a scan, a report is generated showing the status of
every virus scan. You can view today’s scan, all scans, or those within a range
of dates or times. Reports can apply to machines within any domain or
member group.