Configuring Antivirus scans

The Antivirus settings

Here you can configure the main Antivirus features. For example, you can choose Action on detection, define Scan type, set Schedule, choose what to scan, and so on.

To access the Antivirus settings, click Protection on the True Image side bar, then click Settings, and go to the Antivirus tab.

To configure Action on detection:

Select the options that you want to enable.

• Quarantine – This option is set by default. When Acronis True Image 2021 detects a potential malware threat, it stops the process and moves the suspicious file to the quarantine folder.
• Notify only – When a suspicious process is detected, you will get a notification about the potential malware threat.

To configure scan type:

Select the type of scan you want to perform:

• Full–This option is set by default. Acronis True Image 2021 will check the entire PC.
• Quick– Acronis True Image 2021 will check only the specific folders that are considered the most likely storages of threats.

To schedule antivirus scans:

Select one of the check boxes to configure the time when the scanning process shall start.

• Daily—the scan will be run every day at a specified time. Set the time.
• Weekly—the scan will be run on a specified day of week. Set the day of week and time.
• Monthly—the scan will be run on a specified day of month.
• At system startup—the scan will be run at each start of your operating system.
• Do not schedule—the scan run is not planned for a specific time.

To configure what to scan:

Select the following check boxes:

• Scan archive files
• Scan external drives
• Scan network shares and NAS
• Scan only new and changes files

To configure system behavior during Antivirus scans:

Sometimes, the system might be shut down before the Antivirus scan is completed. For such cases, select the Run missed tasks at the startup check box to configure Acronis True Image 2021 to resume the scan when the system starts again by selecting.

Moreover, you can enable the Prevent the sleep or hibernate mode option to prevent your computer from shutting down if a scan operation is running.

The priority of antivirus scans can be decreased in case of a cPU overload to let other applications perform properly. This option is enabled by default which might slow down the scanning. To speed up the scans, clear the Give priority to other applications check box.

After configuring the Antivirus scans, click OK in the Setting section to save your changes.

You can view the Antivirus scan results in Scan details report.