How to configure background/scheduled scanning?

Issue

How to configure background/schedules scanning?

Environment

• ImuinfyAV
• ImunifyAV+
• Imunify360

Solution

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• ImunifyAV allows to set up an automatic, scheduled, background scanning of user accounts. Go to ImunifyAV > Settings > Malware > Background Scanning. There, you will need to select the desired period:
  • Never
  • Daily*
  • Weekly*
  • Monthly

*NB! TheDailyandWeeklyoptions are available for ImunifyAV+ and Imunify360 only. In ImunifyAV, the setting set toDailyandWeeklywill be reset toMonthly- it is expected behaviour.

Depending on the selected period, precise settings.

• • If "Run scanning" is set to "Daily", choose the exact time at the "Run at" dropdown.
  • If "Run scanning" is set to "Weekly", choose the day of the week at the "Run at" dropdown and the exact time at the "Run at" dropdown.
  • If "Run scanning" is set to "Monthly", choose the day of the month at the "Day of month to run" dropdown and the exact time at the "Run at" dropdown.

 

• The procedure is the same for Imunify360 but in this case, all the frequency periods are available regardless of the paid/trial license.
  
  

It can be set from the CLI using the following command as well:

imunify360-agent config update '{"MALWARE_SCANNING": {"default_action": "cleanup"}, "MALWARE_SCAN_SCHEDULE":{"interval": "month"}}'

Useful links

• https://docs.imunify360.com/imunifyav/#background-scanning
• https://docs.imunify360.com/dashboard/#background-scanning