Run a Quick Scan
The 'Quick Scan' profile enables you to quickly scan critical areas of your computer which are highly prone to infection from viruses, rootkits and other malware. The areas scanned include system memory, auto-run entries, hidden services, boot sectors and other significant areas like important registry keys and system files. These areas are of great importance to the health of your computer so it is essential to keep them free of infection.
You can customize which items are scanned under a 'Quick Scan' and create a scan schedule from the 'Advanced Tasks' interface. Refer to Antivirus Settings > Scan Profiles for more details.
To run a Quick Scan
- Click 'Scan' from the General Tasks interface and click 'Quick Scan' from the 'Scan' interface.
The scanner will start and first check whether your virus signature database is up-to-date:
If the database is outdated, the scanner will first download and install the latest database. Once CIS has the latest database, the scanner starts the scan and the progress will be displayed:
- You can Pause, Resume or Stop the scan by clicking respective buttons. If you want to run the scan in the background, click 'Send to Background'. You can still keep track of the scan progress from the 'Task Manager' interface.
On completion of scanning, the results will be displayed with a list of identified infections:
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To open or close the lower panel that shows the list of infected files detected during the course of scan, click the down/up arrow.
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On completion of scanning, if any threats are found, an alert screen will be displayed. The alert will display the number of threats/infections discovered by the scanning and provide you the options for cleaning.
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If you wish to have a skilled professional from Comodo to access your system and perform an efficient disinfection, click 'Yes, I want an expert to clean it'. If you are a first-time user, you will be taken to Comodo GeekBuddy webpage to sign-up for a GeekBuddy subscription. If you have already signed-up for GeekBuddy services, the GeekBuddy chat session will start and a skilled technician will offer to clean your system.
For more details on GeekBuddy, refer to the section Comodo GeekBuddy.
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If you wish to clean the infections yourself, select 'No, I will try to clean it myself'. The scan results screen will be displayed.
The scan results window displays the number of objects scanned and the number of threats (Viruses, Rootkits, Malware and so on). You can choose to clean, move to quarantine or ignore the threat based in your assessment. Refer to Processing the infected files for more details.