Monitoring Antivirus
To monitor the status of the antivirus protection service and track threat history on devices, go to DashboardA graphical representation that indicates the status of various operations that might be currently active, or that are scheduled. > AntivirusA software countermeasure that detects malware installed on a computer without the user's knowledge. Protection.
The antivirus management dashboard
The top widgets show a graphical representation of threat severity, threat status and antivirus detection over time.
From this dashboard you can perform the following actions:
| Action | Description |
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| Start Full ScanA Full Antivirus Scan performs a check of the whole system, scanning the system memory; programs loaded at startup; system backup; email databases; hard drives, removable storage media and network drives. | Forces GFI OneGuard to perform a full antivirus scan for devices on the entire network. |
| Start Quick ScanA Quick Antivirus Scan checks the objects loaded at the operating system startup, the system memory and boot sectors. | Forces GFI OneGuard to perform a quick antivirus scan for devices on the entire network. Quick scan may not detect some malware, but it can still inform you about a virus if your computer is infected. |
| Search | Key in the terms to search for in the Antivirus Threats table. Any fields matching the keyed in term are returned in real time. |
| Filter |
Narrow the list of Antivirus Threats through the following criteria:
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| Actions |
Use the Actions... drop down or the Actions column to perform one of the following:
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| Threat filter | Filter the Antivirus Threats list by the action performed by GFI OneGuard. |
The information is available in the format of reports that can be run at any time and schedule for recurrent patterns. For more information refer to Reports.