The protection scope refers to the objects that the File Anti-Virus component scans during its operation. By default, File Anti-Virus scans only infectable files that are stored on hard drives, removable drives, and network drives of a protected virtual machine. You can expand or narrow the scanning scope by adding or removing objects to be scanned by File Anti-Virus.
To create the protection scope of File Anti-Virus:
Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
Select the Light Agent for Linux policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> window by double-clicking.
In the Light Agent for Linux policy properties window, select the File Anti-Virus section in the list on the left.
In the right part of the window, the File Anti-Virus component's settings are displayed.
In the Security level section, click the Settings button.
The File Anti-Virus window opens.
In the File Anti-Virus window, select the General tab.
In the File types section, specify the type of files that you want File Anti-Virus to scan:
If you want to scan all files, select All files.
Select Files scanned by format, if you want to scan files of the formats that, according to Kaspersky experts, are currently most susceptible to infection.
Select Files scanned by extension, if you want to scan files with extensions that, according to Kaspersky experts, are currently most susceptible to infection.
The list of scanned extensions and the list of scanned file formats are changed dynamically in order to match the current need to maintain your virtual machine security.
In the Protection scope section, do one of the following:
To add a new object to the list of objects to be scanned, click the Add button.
The Select object window opens.
If you want to change the path to an object, select one from the list of objects and click the Edit button.
The Select object window opens.
If you want to remove an object from the protection scope, select one from the list of objects to be scanned and click the Delete button.
A window for confirming deletion opens.
Do one of the following:
If you want to add a new object, enter the path to it in the Object field of the Select object window and click Add.
The object added in the Select object window appears in the Protection scope list in the File Anti-Virus window.
Click OK.
To change the path to an object in the list of objects to be scanned, enter a different path to the object in the Object field of the Select object window and click OK.
If you want to remove an object, click Yes in the removal confirmation window.
If necessary, repeat steps 9 and 10 to add objects, change the path to objects, or remove objects from the protection scope.
If you want to exclude an object from the protection scope, clear the check box next to the object in the Protection scope list. The object remains on the list of objects to be scanned, though it is excluded from scanning by File Anti-Virus.