Xcitium Enterprise

• Introduction To Xciitum Client - Security For Linux
  • Special Features
  • System Requirements
  • Install Xcitium Client - Security For Linux
  • Start XCS For Linux
  • Understand XCS Alerts
• The Summary Screen
• Antivirus Tasks - Introduction
  • Run A Scan
  • Update Virus Database
  • Scheduled Scans
  • Quarantined Items
  • Scan Profiles
  • Scanner Settings
    • Real Time Scan
    • Manual Scan
    • Scheduled Scan
    • Exclusions
• More Options - Introduction
  • Preferences
    • Language Settings
    • Log Settings
    • Connection Settings
    • Update Settings
    • External Device Control Settings
  • Manage My Configurations
    • Xcitium Preset Configurations
    • Import / Export And Manage Personal Configurations
  • Diagnostics
  • View Antivirus Events
    • Log Viewer Module
      • Antivirus Logs
        • Filter Antivirus Logs
      • Device Control Logs
        • Filter Device Control Logs
      • Alerts Displayed Logs
        • Filter Alerts Displayed Logs
      • Tasks Launched Logs
        • Filter Tasks Launched Logs
      • Configuration Change Logs
        • Filter Configuration Change Logs
  • Help
  • About
• Appendix 1 - XCS For Linux 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 Item(s)
  • Switch Off Automatic Antivirus Updates
  • Password Protect Your XCS For Linux Settings
  • Control External Device Accessibility
• About Xcitium

Manual Scan

Click 'Antivirus' > 'Scanner Settings' > 'Manual Scanning'.

• Note: Managed endpoints – Scanner settings should be configured in a Xcitium Enterprise profile.

The options you set here will apply to all on-demand scans on your computer. For example, these settings will be used when:

• You click 'Scan Now' on the home screen then run a full or quick scan

• You scan an item by dragging it into the scan-box on the home screen

• You scan a file in the 'Run A Scan' from the 'Antivirus' menu

Configure manual scan settings

• Open Xcitium Client Security

• Click 'Antivirus'

• Click 'Scanner Settings' > 'Manual Scanning':

• Scan archive files - The scan will include compressed file formats such as .ZIP and .RAR files. Supported formats include RAR, WinRAR, ZIP, WinZIP ARJ, WinARJ and CAB archives. (Default = Enabled)

• Automatically update virus database before scanning - Check for and download the latest virus signature database prior to running a scan. (Default = Enabled)

• Enable cloud scanning - Improves scan accuracy by augmenting the local scan with an online look-up of Xcitium's latest virus database. Cloud Scanning means XCS can detect the latest malware even if your database is out-dated (Default = Disabled).

• Note – This setting needs to be enabled if you want to submit unknown files to Valkyrie for analysis. Valkyrie is configured in an Endpoint Manager profile.

• Heuristics Scanning Level - Heuristics is a technology that analyzes a file to see if it contains code typical of a virus. It is about detecting 'virus-like' attributes rather than looking for a signature which exactly matches a signature on the blacklist. This allows XCS to detect brand new viruses that are not even in the virus database.
  

The drop-down menu lets you select a sensitivity level. The sensitivity level determines how likely it is that heuristics will decide a file is malware:

• Off - Disable heuristic scanning. This means that virus scans only uses the 'traditional' virus signature database to determine whether or not a file is malicious.

• Low - Least likely to decide that an unknown file is malware. Generates the fewest alerts. Despite the name, this setting combines a very high level of protection with a low rate of false positives. Xcitium recommends this setting for most users. (Default)

• Medium - Detects unknown threats with greater sensitivity than the 'Low' setting but with a corresponding rise in the possibility of false positives.

• High - Highest sensitivity to detecting unknown threats but this also raises the possibility of more false positives.

• Do not scan files larger than - Specify the largest file size that the antivirus should scan. XCS will not scan files bigger than the size specified here. (Default = 20 MB).
  

• Click 'OK' to apply your changes.