• Introduction To Xcitium Client - Security For MAC
  • System Requirements
  • Install Xcitium Client - Security For MAC
  • Start CCS
  • Understand CCS Alerts
• The Summary Screen
  • View Antivirus Events
• Antivirus Tasks - Introduction
  • Run A Scan
  • Update Virus Database
  • Quarantined Items
  • Scanner Settings
    • Real Time Scan
    • Manual Scan
    • Scheduled Scan
    • Exclusions
  • Scheduled Scans
  • Scan Profiles
• More Options - Introduction
  • Preferences
    • Language Settings
    • Log Settings
    • Update Settings
    • Device Control
  • Manage My Configurations
    • Xcitium Preset Configurations
    • Import / Export And Manage Personal Configurations
  • Diagnostics
  • Containment (Beta)
  • Help
  • About
  • View Logs
    • Antivirus Logs
      • Filter Antivirus Logs
    • Alerts Displayed Logs
      • Filter Alerts Displayed Logs
    • Tasks Launched Logs
      • Filter Tasks Launched Logs
    • Configuration Change Logs
      • Filter Configuration Change Logs
• Appendix 1 - XCS For Mac How To Tutorials
  • Scan Your Computer For Viruses
  • View Antivirus Events
  • Configure Database Updates
  • Quickly Set Up Security Levels
  • Change XCS Language Settings
  • Run An Instant Antivirus Scan On Selected Items
  • Create A Scheduled Scan
  • Restore Incorrectly Quarantined Items
  • Switch Off Automatic Antivirus Updates
  • Suppress Alerts With Silent Mode
• About Xcitium

Antivirus Tasks - Introduction

• Click the 'Antivirus' tab on the XCS home-screen to open this interface.

• The tasks area lets you run on-demand virus scans and configure how you want the scanner to behave.

• You can alter settings for each scan type and create schedules to run scans at regular intervals.

• You can also create custom scan profiles, view event logs, change update settings and review quarantined files
  

 

Background – How antivirus scans work

1. Files on the host are checked against the local virus database and Xcitium's master, cloud database.

• Note – Realtime scans only use the local virus database.

3. If the file's signature is not available in FLS, then the file is given an 'unknown' trust rating. Unknown files are submitted to Verdict Cloud  for analysis if so configured in the Xcitium Enterprise profile. 

• Verdict Cloud is Xcitium's online file rating system. It tests the runtime behavior of unknown files in order to identify those that are malicious.

• Note – You need to enable 'Enable Cloud Scanning' in settings to activate this feature.

5. If Verdict Cloud finds that the file is malicious then it is added to the malware blacklist. XCS will flag the file as a virus on the next scan.

The following sections explain more about each task:

• Run a Scan

• Update Virus Database

• Quarantined Items

• Scanner Settings
  

• Scheduled Scans

• Scan Profiles