Scanning your computer

lets you scan all of your computer or just the components that you select.
In the main screen, click the icon. From this screen, gives you the following options:

Optimized scan

If you select this option, will scan the computer folders that usually contain malware in order to detect and remove threats as soon as possible.

Other scans

You have two options:

Scan all My Computer

This option carries out an in-depth scan of all items on your PC: all disk drives, memory, etc. The duration of the scan will depend on the amount of data stored on your computer, as well as the computer characteristics.

Scan other items...

This is the option to use when you only want to scan a specific file, folder, etc. It lets you scan just the selected items rather than your entire computer. Once you select this option, indicate which folders or files you want to scan and click Start.

You can also launch scans from the Windows Explorer. To do this:

  1. Select the files or folders to scan by clicking them with the secondary button (normally the one on the right) on your mouse.

  2. SelectScan with in the menu that appears.

Important: Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet before starting the scan to ensure maximum detection capacity.
 

Apart from these on-demand scans, also protects you permanently by scanning all the files that you open or run at any time, and neutralizing any possible threats.