The on-access scanner performs scans differently, depending on whether
the user is writing to disk or reading from disk.
When files are being written to disk, the on-access scanner scans
these items:
- Incoming files being
written to the local hard drive.
- Files being created on
the local hard drive or a mapped network drive (this includes new files,
modified files, or files being copied or moved from one drive to another).
Note: To scan mapped network drives, you must enable the
On Network Drives option. Refer to
Enabling on-network drives.
These scans are only accessible by the same client where
VirusScan Enterprise
is installed. It does not detect access to the mapped network drive by other
systems.
When files are being read from disk, the on-access scanner scans
these items:
- Outgoing files being
read from the local hard drive or mapped network drives.
Note: To scan mapped network drives, select the
On network drives option, described in the
previous bullets, to include remote network files.
- Any file attempting to
execute a process on the local hard drive.
- Any file opened on the
local hard drive.
- Any file being renamed
on the local hard drive, if the file properties have changed.