Product guide

Create a new policy
a Click New Policy to open New Policy dialog box.
b From the Create a new policy based on this existing policy list, select one of the
settings.
c Type a new policy name.
d Click OK. The new policy appears in the list of existing policies.
3 From the Settings for list, select Workstation or Server.
4 From the General Options Policies, click the Global Scan Settings tab to configure the
VirusScan Enterprise scan cache option settings.
5 Configure the following global settings for the scan cache:
Click Enable saving scan data across reboots — Saves the clean scan results when
you reboot the system.
Click Allow On-Demand Scans to utilize the scan cache — Allows the on-demand
scanner to use the existing clean scan results to reduce duplicate scanning.
6 Click Save.
ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0
Configure the scan cache feature from the General Options Policies with this user interface
console.
Task
For option definitions, click ? or Help in the interface.
1 Click Systems | Policy Catalog, then from the Product list select VirusScan Enterprise
8.8.0. The Category list displays the policy categories for VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0.
2 Edit an existing policy or create a new policy:
Edit an existing policy
a From the Category list, select the policy category.
b From the Actions column, click Edit to open the policy configuration page.
Create a new policy
a Click New Policy to open New Policy dialog box.
b From the Create a new policy based on this existing policy list, select one of the
settings.
c Type a new policy name.
d Click OK. The new policy appears in the list of existing policies.
3 From the Settings for list, select Workstation or Server.
4 From the General Options Policies, click the Global Scan Settings tab to configure the
VirusScan Enterprise scan cache option settings.
5 Configure the following global settings for the scan cache:
Click Enable saving scan data across reboots — Saves the clean scan results when
you reboot the system.
Click Allow On-Demand Scans to utilize the scan cache — Allows the on-demand
scanner to use the existing clean scan results to reduce duplicate scanning.
6 Click Save.
Part II - Detection: Finding Threats
Scanning items on-demand
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