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Create/Edit Symantec Endpoint Protection Scheduled Scans (Managed)
Symantec Endpoint Protection scheduled scans occur at a scheduled time of the day, week, or month.
Contents
- Schedule an Active Scan of Your Hard Drive
- Delete or Edit an Existing Scheduled Scan
Scheduled scans are useful for scanning large numbers of computer files when you are away from your desk.
For example, you could:
- Schedule a scan to occur once a day at 11:00 a.m.
- Schedule a scan to occur once a week when you are at a staff meeting.
- Schedule a scan to occur on day 26 of each month.
Note: College Enterprise Network (EN) computers with Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) installed are part of a managed system. A weekly Full Scan called Scheduled Scan is created on all EN machines. Users are unable to edit or delete this scan.
Schedule an Active Scan of Your Hard Drive
- Right Click on the Symantec Endpoint Protection icon (see below, looks like a Yellow Shield with a green dot) in the lower right corner of the screen and then Left Click on the words Open Symantec Endpoint Protection.
- On the left side of the window, click the Scan for threats button.
- Click Create a New Scan.
- Select the Active Scan radio button. Click Next.
- Leave the defaults as is. Click Next.
- Leave At specified times selected, click Next.
- Select an appropriate time.
When the frequency is Daily, enter a time of day for the scan to occur.
When the frequency is Weekly, enter a day of the week and time for the scan to occur.
When the frequency is Monthly, enter a Day and time for the scan to occur.
- Click Next.
- Enter a name for the Scan, such as Active Scan. Optional, you may enter a description.
- Click Finish.
Delete or Edit an Existing Scheduled Scan
These steps will help you modify a scan that is already created.
- Right Click on the Symantec Endpoint Protection icon in the lower right corner of the screen and then Left Clickon the words Open Symantec Endpoint Protection.
- On the left side of the window, click the Scan for threats button.
Note: You will Right Click on the scan you wish to edit.
- Delete a Scan: Right Click on a scan and choose Delete. Click Yes.
Note: The remaining steps assume that you wish to edit a existing scan.
- Edit a Scan: Right Click on a scan and choose Edit.
- On the Scan Name tab you can edit the name.You can also choose to turn off the scan temporarily by un-checking the Enable the scan box.
- Click the Scan Schedule tab.
- If needed, edit the time and frequency of the scan.
- Click the Scan Options tab.
- If needed, edit the options for this scan.
- Click OK. You're finished.
- Click the Close (Red X) button to close the Symantec Endpoint Protection window.