When I want to put in my computer a CD or a disk-on-key I want to scan it for viruses beforehand. How is that done? I only see a way to scan the whole computer and not separate components. In other words, is there any customized way to scan a CD or disk-on-key?
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Hi ishtov5bb
Welcome to the Community Forums.
There is no way to change the default scan which is of your system drive, and not option to scan external media on connection.
If you want to scan those items the qyuickest way to do so is to open Computer (assuming that you are using Windows), right click on the item you want to scan and then select 'Scan with Webroot' from the context menu displayed. That will initiate a scan of that item and WSA will display the details of that whilst scanning & when finished.
I believe that you will understand why that is when you understand how WSA works...it does not scan disk contents for malware as malware that is dormant/inactive is, by definition, no threat to your system...it however pounces and checks on anything that is active...so, for instance say that you insert a USB key with a malware package on it...as long as it does not activate it is not a threat, but if you insert a USB with a malware package that activates say using autorun then WSA will intercept and check what it is doing/payloads dropped, etc.
I hope that helps to explain why the fucntion yo are seeking is not available and that given the way that WSA works it is not required.
Please post back if you have any further questions.
Regards, Baldrick
Welcome to the Community Forums.
There is no way to change the default scan which is of your system drive, and not option to scan external media on connection.
If you want to scan those items the qyuickest way to do so is to open Computer (assuming that you are using Windows), right click on the item you want to scan and then select 'Scan with Webroot' from the context menu displayed. That will initiate a scan of that item and WSA will display the details of that whilst scanning & when finished.
I believe that you will understand why that is when you understand how WSA works...it does not scan disk contents for malware as malware that is dormant/inactive is, by definition, no threat to your system...it however pounces and checks on anything that is active...so, for instance say that you insert a USB key with a malware package on it...as long as it does not activate it is not a threat, but if you insert a USB with a malware package that activates say using autorun then WSA will intercept and check what it is doing/payloads dropped, etc.
I hope that helps to explain why the fucntion yo are seeking is not available and that given the way that WSA works it is not required.
Please post back if you have any further questions.
Regards, Baldrick
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