When a scan is scheduled via Sophos Enterprise Console, a local scan is created on the endpoint. This article describes the default options used by Scheduled scans
Known to apply to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)
SAV for Linux
SAV for Unix
Operating systems
Linux
Unix
What To Do
For details on the meaning of these settings, please read:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/114372.aspx
For details on the Anti-Virus and HIPS policies that control these settings, please read:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/117344.aspx.
SEC Full System Scan
Options that can NOT be changed:
scanHardDrives=true
scanOpticalDrives=true
scanNetworkFilesystems=false
scanRemovableDevices=true
scanLevel=normal
scanArchives=false
disinfect=false
threatAction=donothing
Options that can be changed:
exclude=
scanAll=true/false #Has no effect
scanFilesWithoutExtension=true/false #Has no effect
SEC Scheduled Scans
Options that can NOT be changed:
scanLevel=normal
scanNetworkFilesystems=false
Options that can be changed:
scanHardDrives=true/false
scanOpticalDrives=true/false
scanRemovableDevices=true/false
scanArchives=true/false
disinfect=true/false
threatAction=donothing/delete
exclude=
scanAll=true/false # Has no effect
scanFilesWithoutExtension=true/false # Has no effect
day=
time=