By adding a scheduled Custom Scan, VIPRE will scan specific areas of your Mac on a daily or weekly time that you choose.
Scheduled scans are a reliable way to automatically perform recurring checkups on your Mac. This ensures that you are protected from threats. By default VIPRE will run both a scheduled Quick Scan and scheduled Full Scan to keep you protected.
During scheduled scans VIPRE will handle threats according to your scheduled scans preferences.
In addition to scheduled Quick and Full scans, you can add a scheduled Custom Scan.
What are Custom Scans?
Custom Scans let you tell VIPRE the exact folders or drives on your Mac that you want it to scan. This might be especially useful if you have a folder where you often download lots of files from the Internet, or a shared folder where other users can drop files. Scheduling scans for a custom location can give you extra peace of mind.
On the Schedules screen, a scheduled Custom Scan is disabled by default; you must add one as needed.
To add a scheduled custom Scan
- Navigate to the scheduled scan settings (Preferences > Schedules)
- Click + to add a Custom Scan
- Give the scan a name
- Select the Locations on your Mac that you want VIPRE to scan
- Click Enable
- Choose how often you want the scan to occur
- Optionally, you can have VIPRE scan compressed archives (such as zip files). This can take longer to complete.
To remove a scheduled custom scan
- Select the Custom Scan you wish to remove
- Click – (minus sign)
If you don't need to scan custom locations you can simply adjust your scheduled Quick or Full scan.
Quick, Full, and Custom scans can also be run manually at any time.