AntiVirus Essential
DSM Version
AntiVirus Essential
Features
- Scans and detects the abnormal files to protect your Synology NAS away from malware and viruses
- Supports customizing scanning plans by configuring scanning schedules and specifying the scanning target
- Automatically identifies and scan the new or modified files to save the scanning time
Specifications
- Powered by ClamAV scanning engine
- Scans the full system or specific folders
- Scheduled automatic scan tasks
- Smart Scan for new or modified files
- Whitelist to exclude files from being scanned
- Automatic update of virus definitions
Limitations
- Minimum capacity of RAM required: 1 GB
- Files larger than 2,048 MB will not be scanned
- The probability of success for finding viruses hidden in archive files (e.g., ZIP, RAR, ARJ, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2) will be lower
- Remote Folders (CIFS) mounted in File Station will not be included in full scan
- Does not support scanning the following items:
- Read-only shared folders
- Hybrid Share folders
- Snapshots
- Files backed up via Time Machine
- Invisible .bucket files within .hbk files from Hyper Backup's multi-version backup tasks in local destinations