Configuring Virus Scanning optimizations

From the GFI MailSecurity > Virus Scanning Engines node you can instruct GFI MailSecurity to stop virus scanning an item if a number of virus scanning engines already detected a virus in that item.

To enable this option, select the Stop virus scanning the current item, if viruses are detected by check box, and specify the number of virus scanners that need to detect a virus to stop virus scanning, in the box. Click Apply.

Screenshot 49 - Configure virus scanning optimizations

For example, if you select this option and enter 2 in the box, virus scanning on an item that contains a virus is performed by at most two virus-scanning engines, if they detect it. Emails that do not contain a virus are scanned by all enabled virus-scanning engines anyway.

If you want to streamline further the path taken by items containing a virus, select the Stop scanning even for non-virus related threats check box and click Apply. This option will instruct GFI MailSecurity to stop further scanning of the current item, such as with Attachment Checking and so on, since the amount of virus-scanning engines you specified have detected a virus.