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How do I perform a scan?

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How do I set up a Scheduled Scan?

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How can I view details of previous scans?

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How do I exclude items from IDSeal Antivirus scans?

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How do I update the security definitions?

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What is Active Protection and how do I enable/disable it?

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If Active Protection is enabled, IDSeal Antivirus will run in the background unnoticed actively protecting your device. Upon detection of a threat IDSeal Antivirus will report, block or quarantine the threat.

Below you will see both enabled and disabled states. In order to turn this protection on or off toggle the switch.

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How do I view and manage quarantined items?

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How do I perform a scan? – Mac

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  • Select “Antivirus Protection”
  • Choose Quick Scan, Deep Scan, or Custom Scan

How do I set up a Scheduled Scan? – Mac

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  • Select “Antivirus Protection”
  • Decide which type of scan you would like to schedule: Quick Scan, Deep Scan, or Custom Scan
  • Select the calendar icon
  • Click on the “Add New” button
  • Specify the type of scan and when you would like for it to be started

How can I view details of previous scans? – Mac

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  • This feature is not available on macOS

How do I exclude items from IDSeal Antivirus scans? – Mac

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  • Check the box next to the scan that you’d like to configure
  • Click on “Custom scan settings”
  • Click on “Add folder”
  • Choose the folder that you’d like to exclude from the scan
  • Click on “Apply”

How do I update the security definitions? – Mac

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What is Active Protection and how do I enable/disable it? – Mac

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If Active Protection is enabled, IDSeal Antivirus will run in the background unnoticed actively protecting your device. Upon detection of a threat IDSeal Antivirus will report, block or quarantine the threat.

  • In order to turn this protection on or off toggle the switch.

How do I view and manage quarantined items? – Mac

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